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Gabriel García Márquez’s ashes, literary prizes, and more

Neustadt in the News

Neustadt prizewinner Mia Couto was recently highlighted in the Guardian discussing his views on conservation after the death of Cecil the lion and how his heritage affects his writing.

Rabih Alameddine won the fiction prize for the 2015 Arab American Book Awards. Alameddine served as a Neustadt juror in 2010.

Neustadt laureate Gabriel García Márquez’s ashes are returning to Colombia in December to coincide with a new exhibit centered on where he began his writing career.

2016 Neustadt juror Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ’s latest novel, Mrs. Shaw, is centered on exile in the 1990s. Cornell University features a brief review on its website.

Artist Emma Fitzgerald will travel to Brazil to work on art inspired by Neustadt laureate Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry.

Lit Prizes and Festivals

The Mao Dun Literature Prize-winners were announced this week. Organized by the Chinese Writers Association, the prize has been awarded every four years since 1982 in honor of Mao Dun. Su Tong, Ge Fei, Wang Meng, Jin Yucheng, and Li Peifu received recognition.

Zia Haider won the James Tait Black Literary Prize for his debut novel In the Light of What We Know. This is Britain’s oldest literary prize. Haider received the prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Fun Finds and Inspiration

If you ever wanted to take a literary tour of Ireland, now is the time. The Killarney Hotels Group put together an interactive map of Ireland’s literary landscape.

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 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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