Hello
Gentle Reader
The
winner of this year’s Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016, is the Croatian
writer now living in Exile in the Netherlands since the nineteen-nineties, Dubravka
Ugrešić. Ugrešić is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Neustadt
International Prize for Literature is a biannual award, which recognizes a
writer for their outstanding literary merit in literature worldwide.
The
shortlisted writers for the 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
were as follows (excluding the now winner: Dubravka Ugrešić):
Can
Xue – China
Ghassan
Zaqtan – Palestine
Guadalupe
Nettel – Mexico
Aminatta
Forna – Scotland/Sierra Leone
Don
Paterson – Scotland
Caryl
Churchill – England
Ann-Marie
MacDonald – Canada
Carolyn
Forché – United States
Congratulations
to Dubravka Ugrešić for winning this year’s Neustadt International Prize for
Literature!
Thank-you
For Reading Gentle Reader
Take
Care
And
As Always
Stay
Well Read
M.
Mary
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