Posts Tagged ‘Awards’

100 Hotels

Published November 11th, 2011

100 Hotels
Inkaterra Machu Picchu, Kasbah Bab Ourika outside Marrakesh, Waimea Plantation Cottages on Kuaia and Villa d’Este on Lake Cuomo were among Fodor’s 100 best hotels, announced last night. Spotted were local travel writers (David Farley, AnneLise Sorensen) and ex Longitude editor Aaron Starmer’s wife Cate, who works for Fodor’s. Amanda D’Acierno, Fodor’s new publisher, made
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Hessler Gets a MacArthur

Published September 20th, 2011

Hessler Gets a MacArthur
As astute as any observer on China with a gift for dialogue, Longitude favorite author Peter Hessler (River Town, Oracle Bones, Country Driving) was named a 2011 McArthur Fellow today. The Beijing-based correspondent for The New Yorker from 2000-2007, Hessler and his wife and fellow author Leslie T. Chang now make their home in rural,
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Award Winners

Published June 20th, 2011

Award Winners
Two terrific novels, Colum McCann’s gravity-defying Let the Great World Spin, set in New York city in 1974 as Philippe Petit high-wire walks between the twin towers, and The Tiger’s Wife, youngster Tea Obrecht’s rich family saga set in the war-torn Balkans, have both garnered prizes this month. If you haven’t already, we suggest adding
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The Tiger’s Wife

Published June 8th, 2011

The Tiger’s Wife
The war-scarred Balkans, past and present, is the subject of Téa Obreht’s intricately woven new novel, The Tiger’s Wife, winner of the 2011 Orange Prize. At 25, Obreht is the youngest-ever author to take the Prize. Obreht, one of The New Yorker’s 20 Under 40 fiction writers, was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia and
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