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| Prize winning Argentine poet Juan Gelman dead at 83 Posted: 14 Jan 2014 10:55 PM PST Gelman had been living in exile in Mexico for the past 20 years and his death was announced by the National Council for Culture and Art. The cause of death was not immediately given. The newspaper Milenio, for which he wrote a weekly column, said Gelman died at home. Gelman was considered one of the Spanish speaking world's greatest poets, and also stood out for his firm stand against impunity for military regimes that once ruled in Latin American countries including his native Argentina. Among other awards, in 2007 he won Spain's Cervantes Prize, the Spanish speaking world's top literary honor. Gelman suffered the cruelty of the Argentine military regime that ruled from 1976 to 1983, as his son and daughter in law died during it. Besides poetry, Gelman worked as a journalist and translator. He published more than 30 books. He was abroad, in Rome, when the military seized power in Argentina. His odyssey of exile led him to Madrid, Nicaragua, New York and finally Mexico City. His poetry was known for a sharp sense of humor, a touch of the absurd and defiance in the face of injustice. Gelman's son Marcelo was killed at 20 during the dictatorship and his body only found in 1989. His daughter in law Maria Claudia Garcia is still listed as missing. She was abducted in Buenos Aires in 1976 while pregnant and taken to neighboring Uruguay. Her daughter was handed over the family of a Uruguayan police officer. The remains of the mother were never found. Gelman fought for years and finally located his granddaughter in 2000. It was one of the most highly publicized cases of babies being abducted and given away by the regime during the Argentine military dictatorship. – AFP, January 15, 2014. |
| Tartt, Ozeki up for National Book Critics’ award Posted: 14 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' and Ozeki's 'A Tale for the Time Being' are in the company of 'Americanah' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 'Someone' by Alice McDermott, and 'The Infatuations' by Javier Marias. One will be pronounced winner on March 13, along with category winners in biography, autobiography, criticism, non-fiction, poetry, and reviewing. The cohort of finalists is voted for by members of the NBCC using a shortlist drawn up by the 24-person board; the board then has until the day of March's award ceremony to read, digest, and deliberate over the final set of winners. Candidates are eligible regardless of nationality, providing their English-language work achieved its first US publication during the previous calendar year. In advance of that, Anthony Marra has been announced as winner of the inaugural John Leonard Prize for his debut novel 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,' while the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, known for the 15-volume 'Klail City Death Trip' series. – AFP Relaxnews, January 15, 2014. |
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