On 30th september Manjushree Thapa won the prize in Berlin!
for her Manjushree Thapa, Nepal: Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy, Penguin Viking India, New Delhi, 2005
Last night, Saturday 30th September, at an award ceremony in Berlin, with 500 international guests from the world of literature, art, culture, media, politics and diplomacy, the jury of the Lettre Ulysses Award, a prize initiated by the cultural journal Lettre International in association with the Aventis Foundation, and in partnership with the Goethe-Institut , meant to reward extraordinary "reportage literature", announced the winner of this year's awards.
The first prize of $50,000 and a trophy designed by the German artist Jakob Mattner were awarded to the British journalist and writer Linda Grant, for her book "The People on the Street. A Writer's View of Israel" .
Grant, a non-religious Diaspora Jew, travelled to Tel Aviv in 2003, with the intention of writing a novel. However, instead her visit becomes an opportunity for a systematic and in-depth exploration of Jewish identity and its relationship with the state of Israel.
Her book is a journey through an extraordinary and troubled society determined to defend its existence, and ensnared in a conflict that seems to promise few peaceful prospects, through the languages and biographies of its inhabitants, their archetypes and histories, their doubts and their hopes. The people she meets include teenage soldiers, Tunisian-born settlers, Russian scientists and Iraqi shopkeepers, kibbutz dwellers and street traders, writers and taxi drivers, caf¨¦ owners and pedestrians.
The other finalists, listed below, received prizes in the form of a working residencies in Berlin, endowed by the Goethe-Institut, and valuable handmade watches by the company Nomos.
Monday
News in brief
Newly Retired Army Chief Pyarjung Thapa will be leaving for washington DC & Newyork Tomorrow.
17 oct 2006.
The Maoist leaders just came out from the negotiating table without any conclusion.date for another sitting is not fixed yet.it seems NC is still playing the dirty game.
high level meeting has been postponed again upto 12 th of october.No concreat decision have been made today.
9th oct 2006 meeting between the Maoists & PM Koirala was the worst one.Koirala reversed from the understanding made between SPA & the rebels the day before yesterday.its said that he game plan is made by the Americans.according to that,Deuba entered at the residence of the PM,held talks with Koirala,koirala listened to him & immediately asked the maoists to come.during two hours talks, he insisted on arms store first to finalise the other things.reply of the rebels was unexpected.they aggressively questioned that are you trying to pressurise us top bow down ?
the summit has just restarted after having lunch & we have to wait for couple of hours to get the conclusion.
17 oct 2006.
The Maoist leaders just came out from the negotiating table without any conclusion.date for another sitting is not fixed yet.it seems NC is still playing the dirty game.
high level meeting has been postponed again upto 12 th of october.No concreat decision have been made today.
9th oct 2006 meeting between the Maoists & PM Koirala was the worst one.Koirala reversed from the understanding made between SPA & the rebels the day before yesterday.its said that he game plan is made by the Americans.according to that,Deuba entered at the residence of the PM,held talks with Koirala,koirala listened to him & immediately asked the maoists to come.during two hours talks, he insisted on arms store first to finalise the other things.reply of the rebels was unexpected.they aggressively questioned that are you trying to pressurise us top bow down ?
the summit has just restarted after having lunch & we have to wait for couple of hours to get the conclusion.
Nepal During Dashain
1.one of the Maoists Deployed on highway check point at Mahadevpatti-5 ( Saptari )'s south part of traffic police post has been killed on the spot whlie one motercycle collided on their group.
2.Balbhadra of Dang Municipality ( king's Nominee for the Mayor's post after magh 19 ) has been kidnapped by the Maoists while celebrating Dashain Festival with his family today.
3.Kulchandra Gautam from UN HQ is now in kathmandu for a month's mission .
2.Balbhadra of Dang Municipality ( king's Nominee for the Mayor's post after magh 19 ) has been kidnapped by the Maoists while celebrating Dashain Festival with his family today.
3.Kulchandra Gautam from UN HQ is now in kathmandu for a month's mission .
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