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Нобеловият лауреат на Колумбия, авторът Габриел Гарсия Маркес почина в четвъртък, 17 април 2014, в град Мексико. Той си отиде на 87 години. Колумбийската онлайн мрежа Caracol публикува хронология на живота му. В Туйтър, потребител Pepin Balongo изрази скръбта си: Ya no son cien años en soledad; a partir de ahora será una eternidad en soledad; adiós Gabo. — Pepín Balongo (@PepnBalongo) abril 17, 2014 Вече няма да има ссто години самота; от сега нататък, ще е цяла вечност в самота; сбогом Габо /Gabo/ [прякорът на Габриел].
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Stories from Quick Reads and Literature from April, 2014 Robert Antoni Wins 2014 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Jamaica Names Poet Laureate Jamaican diaspora litblogger Geoffrey Philp is thrilled to hear that Mervyn Morris has been named Poet Laureate of Jamaica by the country's National Library, saying: It speaks to the years of commitment to his craft and the guidance that he has given and continues to give to poets and to the people of Jamaica. 87-Year Old Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dies Colombia Nobel laureate author Gabriel García Márquez passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mexico City. He was 87 years old. Colombian network Caracol posted a chronology [es] of his life. On Twitter, user Pepin Balongo expressed his sorrow: Ya no son cien años en soledad; a partir de ahora será una eternidad en soledad; adiós Gabo. — Pepín Balongo (@PepnBalongo) abril 17, 2014 There are no more a hundred years of solitude; from now on, it will be an eternity in solitude; goodbye Gabo [author's nickname]. Indians in the Caribbean Active Voice reviews Gaiutra Bahadur’s book Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture and wonders whether “banning words or proscribing them ever achieves the desired outcome”: Should we be trying to sanitize history or recording it in all its ugliness for the benefit of future generations? Can we ever liberate the word ‘Coolie’ from the unbearable weight of its history if its contemporary namesakes continue to work under the backbreaking conditions they do? These are hard questions for hard times. Authors Shortlisted for 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Regional litbloggers are sharing the news that “two writers from Jamaica and one from Trinidad and Tobago have made the shortlist for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.” China Clamp Down on Slash Fiction China recently launched a crackdown on online pornographic content: ”Cleaning the Web 2014″. According to the campaign, all online texts, pictures, videos, and ads with pornographic content will be deleted in order to “create a healthy cyberspace”. According to Offbeat China, since the launch of “Cleaning the Web 2014″, many Chinese fiction-sharing websites have removed their slash collections, including jjwxc.net, the most popular self-publishing website in China. Websites dedicated to slash, such as dmxsw.com, have been shut down. At least 20 writers have reportedly been arrested for producing slash fiction. An African Tale of The First Love Story Ever Told The website Histoire Africaine/African History [fr] narrates the tale of the oldest love story ever told, the story of Osiris and Isis [fr] and explains what makes it stand out [fr] from the other love stories. Osiris was the king god of Egypt and Isis his queen. Set, his brother, murdered Osiris to take over the kingdom. Isis find and restore Osiris’ body, resurrecting him and they conceive their son Horus. The author writes that the story is rich of lessons for the African continent [fr]: While Osiris is rightfully mentioned at every funeral because he was the One who first attained the eternal life, one must note the crucial role that Isis played in allowing Osiris to persevere. She embodies the concept of love, the one that never gives up, that rescues loved ones and frees them from darkness. Trinidad & Tobago: Bocas Lit Fest Embraces Audio Technology Technology is permeating even literature festivals! The Bocas Lit Fest blog announces the debut of Festival Radio, which will bring the festival experience to a global audience via a live audio stream, an on-demand audio magazine and archival material available through SoundCloud. Expat Life in China: A Review Of Unsavory Elements Unsavory Elements is an anthology of true stories about foreigners “on the loose” in China. Through their stories, the authors and journalists from the book also explore illegality and ethics in China. As China Law Blog describes: Ranging from transactions and deeds that would raise the eyebrows of those enforcing America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to stints in prison for drug dealing to flagrant violations of prostitution laws, what results is 300 pages of business and law school case studies written not in legalese but in literary prose, and what a read it is.