Elizabeth Hay premiada (pero Atwood le roba el show)
Y ya que hablamos de tantos premios, no podemos dejar de mencionar el 2007 Scotiabank Giller prize, considerado el "Booker" canadiense, que también tuvo un "golpe": la periodista de 52 años Elizabeth Hay venció a escritores consagrados como Michael Ondaatje (y su nueva novela Divisadero) y MG Vassanji y consiguió el premio con la novela Late Nights on Air. Pero las sorpresas no terminaron ahí. La noche de la ceremonia, en el Four Seasons Hotel, la escritora Margaret Atwood y su esposo se aparecieron con una inquietante mochila y, a la hora de la cena, sacaron de ella su propia comida en protesta ecológica contra la cadena hotelera.
Dice la nota: "However, not all the A-list guests enjoyed the hospitality at the Four Seasons Hotel, the venue for the occasion. According to the Toronto Star, Margaret Atwood and her husband Graeme Gibson passed up the tuna tartare and beef tenderloin and brought their own packed dinners. They munched on home-made food and drank their own sake in protest at the hotel chain's role in a massive resort development in Grenada due to be built on what used to be a government-protected sanctuary. Critics claim that the development threatens an endangered bird species. "Until there is a fair resolution of the dispute over the kind of resort being built in Grenada, we cannot accept food or drink from the Four Seasons," Gibson, who arrived at the event carrying what appeared to be a gym bag but in fact contained their meal, told the paper. "
Etiquetas: canada, divisadero, elizabeth hay, michael ondaatje, PREMIO
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2:16 p. m.què tanta fijaciòn con los premios???
7:32 a. m.
Cuidado 2:16 PM con la proyección sicoanalítica y que quien tenga una verdadera paranoia aguda con los premios seas tú.
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