Doris Lessing, the Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and London-residing novelist whose deeply autobiographical writing has swept across continents and reflects her engagement with the social and political issues of her time, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. [from the New York Times article]
Check out our display of Doris Lessing books at Bennett Martin Public Library in downtown Lincoln, and share your thoughts here on this influential and eclectic author's many works.
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TOP PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE UNIVERSAL WRITER: CRISTOVAO DE AGUIAR
(PASSANGER IN TRANSIT)
wrote about Portuguese colonial war
BOOKS:
“PASSAGEIRO EM TRÂNSITO” ; “RAIZ COMOVIDA”; “RELAÇÃO DE
BORDO”; “MARILHA”; “A TABUADA DO TEMPO”; BRAÇO TATUADO”; “MIGUEL TORGA O LAVRADOR DAS LETRAS”
He has, also, translated into Portuguese the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
He has been awarded several prizes.
Don't forget the name of this great author, you'll be hearing of him soon.
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This sculpture in the picture was made, in cement, by a great artist friend of mine, named Eugénio Macedo.
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