February Authors
Column One
1. Négar Djavadi - Iran to France - Disoriental, a brilliant debut
2. Annette Binder - Germany to U.S.A - author Rise, a prize winning debut Short Story Collection
3. Allison MacLeod - Canada to U.S.A - Multi Genre Award Winning Writer
Column Two
1. Mavis Gallant - Canada to France
2. Daniel Chavapria - Uruguay to Cuba. Noir Novels
3. Larrie D. Fereiro - U.S.A - historian of The American Revolution
Column Three
1. Haruki Murakami - Japan
2. Jerzy Kosinski - Poland to U.S.A
3. Voltaire - France
Column Four
1. Alice Adams - U.S.A - highly regarded novelist and author of over 100 Short stories published in The New Yorker
2. Elaine Chiew - Malaysia to Singapore - author of a marvelous debut collection The Heartsick Diaspora
In view of the pernicious outcry against immigration prevailing in The U.S.A and much of Europe as I write this, I note eight of the eleven writers featured on The Reading Life in February 2020 immigrated from their birthlands.
Birth Countries of February Authors
1. Canada - 2
2. U.S.A - 2
3. Germany - 1
4. Japan - 1
5. Poland - 1
6. France -1
7. Uruguay - 1
8. Iran - 1
9. Malaysia - 1
Four male writers were featured, eight female. Four are deceased.
Six writers were featured for the first time.
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Work I read but did not post upon.
Titian: His Life A Biography by Shiela Hale. Very comprehensive work.read in preperation for a trip to Italy that may well not happen now.
In March we Will once again be Irish Short Story Month.
Ambrosia Bousweau for Mel u
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I love that your reading is inspired by emigration and immigration stories: good on you!
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