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Casa de las Américas Prize 2019
Adriana Lisboa // With her volume of poetry Small Music (“Uma pequena música”) the Brazilian writer Adriana Lisboa is second in the category “Poetry” of the prestigious Premio Literario Casa de las Américas 2019, one of the most important Latin American literary awards. > escambray.cu/ [...]
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In Memoriam: Edgar Hilsenrath
Edgar Hilsenrath * 2 April 1926 - † 30 December 2018 WE ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF OUR AUTHOR EDGAR HILSENRATH, WHO PASSED AWAY ON 30TH DECEMBER 2018. Edgar Hilsenrath was a survivor of the Jewish holocaust and one of the most important contemporary writers in German language. His [...]
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Netflix production A Twelve-Year Night
Mauricio Rosencof // Based on a true story, the Netflix production A Twelve-Year Night (“La noche de 12 años”), tells how in 1973 Uruguay’s government turned into a military dictatorship and how three men, including the future president José Mújica, were hold in captivity for 12 [...]
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Morosoli de Oro Prize
Mario Delgado Aparaín // Mario Delgado Aparaín has received the Morosoli de Oro Prize in its 24th edition, one of the most important cultural awards in Uruguay which is awarded by the Lolita Rubial Foundation in Minas. Among the former laureates are Mario Benedetti (2006) and [...]
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The Neighbour enters list of the Crime Leaderboard
Patrícia Melo // The Neighbour (“Gog Magog”) by Patrícia Melo enters the December list of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a joint project of the FAZ and Deutschlandradio Kultur, as number five. In January 2019, The Neighbour is voted number three, in February it is voted number seven. [...]
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Albert Jovell Prize for novels 2018
Rogelio Guedes // Rogelio Guedea wins the Albert Jovell Prize for novels 2018 with his work “Habitaciones compartidas”. The prize is awarded for the fourth time, and the work will be published by Editorial Almuzara. Guedea’s novel has been selected out of 96 manuscripts. The award [...]
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Top 10 of Portuguese Literature chosen by Babelia
Agustina Bessa-Luís, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge and Dulce Maria Cardoso // “The Sibyl” by Agustina Bessa-Luís, “Learning to Pray in the Age of Technology” by Gonçalo M. Tavares, “The Murmuring Coast” by Lídia Jorge and “The Return” by Dulce Maria Cardoso are among the Top 10 of Portuguese Literature chosen by Babelia, [...]
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Number 1 of Litprom’s best of-list Winter 2018
Patrícia Melo // Gog Magog by Patrícia Melo is number 1 on the best-of list Weltempfänger Winter 2018 by Litprom. > litprom.de > klett-cotta.de
