Shortlist del Man Asian Literary Prize
Ya salió la shortlist del Man Asian Literary Prize 2007 que se ofrecerá en Honk Kong, para premiar obras de escritores asiáticos no traducidos al inglés. Sólo quedaron cinco de 23 obras propuestas. El premio se otorgará el 10 de noviembre. La lista es la siguiente:
Jose Dalisay Jr., Soledad's Sister
Reeti Gadekar, Families at Home
Nu Nu Yi Inwa, Smile As They Bow
Jiang Rong, Wolf Totem
Xu Xi, Habit of a Foreign Sky
Mientras tanto, en The Guardian se sorprenden de que la censurada escritora birmana Nu Nu Yi Inwa esté entre los candidatos. Sus obras sobre familias desintegradas y personajes travestis y gays causan escándalo en su país. Dice la nota de Michelle Pauli:
A Burmese writer, Nu Nu Yi Inwa, is among the authors shortlisted for the inaugural Man Asian literary prize. The Rangoon-based author is in the running with Smile As They Bow, a book which was with the Burmese censors for a year before it was permitted to be published, and then translated. Like most of Nu Nu Yi Inwa's novels and short stories, it is set among the rural poor and social outcasts of Burma. It follows the lives of three young people: Daisy James, a gay, transvestite medium, his partner Min Min and a young beggar girl who falls in love with Min Min at the annual festival of spirits held near Mandalay every August. It will be published in English by Hyperion Est in September 2008. "I'm happy," Nu Nu Yi Inwa is quoted as saying in the Myanmar Times. "For 20 years I have devoted my life to what I love. Despite all of the hardships and obstacles I have had to endure, my name has finally transcended Myanmar's boundaries."
Etiquetas: asia, birmania, NOTICIA, Nu Nu Yi Inwa, PREMIO
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