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Cultural identity, author letters, waterproof books, and more

Neustadt in the News

The Colombian Association of Manitoba plans to rename a street in honor of Neustadt laureate Gabriel García Márquez. The street will “serve as a recognition of the Colombian community and its contributions to the ethno-racial diversity of Winnipeg.”

After 40 years of independence, Mozambique still suffers from division. Neustadt prizewinner Mia Couto says the nation is searching for an identity.

Neustadt finalist Caryl Churchill’s play Top Girls showcases a dinner party between five famous women while also highlighting feminist snapshots. Readers near the Ontario area can catch the play now through Sept. 12 at the Court House Theatre.

Lit Prizes and Festivals

Every year the Library of Congress hosts a contest inviting young readers to submit letters written to an author (living or deceased) about how one of their books affected them. Over 50,000 children participated this year, and the Letters About Literature winners were announced.

Germany’s International Literature Prize went to Amos Oz and translator Mirjam Pressler for Judas. The author and translator will be presented the award on July 8 in Berlin.

David Hackett Fischer, a Pulitzer prizewinning author and historian, received the 2015 Pritzker Military Museum and Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.

Fun Finds and Inspiration

Netherlands-based company Bibliobath has launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce waterproof books of classic literature. The first four novels are William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a collection of Mark Twain short stories, W. B. Yeat’s Cloths of Heaven and Other Poems, and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Amos Oz, Caryl Churchill, Colombia, David Hackett Fischer, Fun, Gabriel García Márquez, Germany International Literature Prize, Kickstarter, Letters About Literature, Library of Congress, Literary, Macbeth, Mark Twain, Mia Couto, Mirjam Pressler, Mozambique, Play, Sun Tzu, W. B. Yeats, Waterproof books, William Shakespeare

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 2024 – Ananda Devi

  • 2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

  • 2020 – Ismail Kadare

  • 2018 – Edwidge Danticat

  • 2016 – Dubravka Ugrešić

  • 2014 – Mia Couto

  • 2012 – Rohinton Mistry

  • 2010 – Duo Duo

  • 2008 – Patricia Grace

  • 2006 – Claribel Alegría

  • 2004 – Adam Zagajewski

  • 2002 – Álvaro Mutis

  • 2000 – David Malouf

  • 1998 – Nuruddin Farah

  • 1996 – Assia Djebar

  • 1994 – Kamau Brathwaite

  • 1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto

  • 1990 – Tomas Tranströmer

  • 1988 – Raja Rao

  • 1986 – Max Frisch

  • 1984 – Paavo Haavikko

  • 1982 – Octavio Paz

  • 1980 – Josef Škvorecký

  • 1978 – Czesław Miłosz

  • 1976 – Elizabeth Bishop

  • 1974 – Francis Ponge

  • 1972 – Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti

NSK Laureates

  • 2023 – Gene Luen Yang

  • 2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • 2019 – Margarita Engle

  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

  • 2003 – Mildred D. Taylor

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