Hello
Gentle Reader
The
Camões Prize is the most prestigious Portuguese language literary prize. It has
been awarded to writers from Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Portugal, as well as
Cape Verde. Writer who have received the award, have been Mia Couto from
Mozambique, and Pepetela from Angola, as well as Jose Saramago, who would later
go on to become a Nobel Laureate in Literature.
This
years Camões Prize has gone to the Brazilian Writer Raduan Nassar. What makes Raduan
Nassar, unique in winning this award, is how small his bibliography is. Nassar,
has only three books to his name; two short novels, and a collection of short
stories. In nineteen-eighty four, Raduan Nassar ceased to write, as he no long
found literature of interest, and turned his attention to agriculture –
specifically speaking, chicken farming. However in two-thousand and eleven donated
the farm land to the Federal University of São Carlos, under the clause, that
the land would be developed into another campus. After wards Nassar is reported
to have small local charities, and retired to a small farm.
For
those interested in reading Raduan Nassar’s work in English, his two novels
have been translated earlier in this year, in January (2016). They are: “Ancient
Tillage,” and “A Cup Full of Rage.”
“The
Guardian,” newspaper in the UK reviewed “A Cup Full of Rage,” and commented on
its short length, but stated despite the length, the novel packs a rewarding
punch, to those willing to peck it, out between the cracks of the ‘Meganovels,’
surrounding it.
Congratulations
are in order to Raduan Nassar for winning this year’s Camões Prize.
Thank-you
For Reading Gentle Reader
Take
Care
And
As Always
Stay
Well Read
M.
Mary
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