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Dino Buzzati's novels and short stories are often cited as examples of magic realism in Italian literature. In Norway, the writers Erik Fosnes Hansen, Jan Kjærstad and the young novelist Rune Salvesen have marked themselves as premier writers of magical realism, something that has been seen as very un-Norwegian. [by whom?]
New Zealand magic realism novels (2 P) Nigerian magic realism novels (5 P) P. Portuguese magic realism novels (1 P) R. Romanian magic realism novels (3 P)
Magical realism: A literary style and movement in which magical elements appear in otherwise realistic circumstances. Most often associated with the Latin American literary boom of the 20th century [50] Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Günter Grass, Julio Cortázar, Sadegh Hedayat, Nina Sadur, Mo Yan, Olga Tokarczuk: Neo-Romanticism
Magical realism has a complicated place in the stories Latine people tell about themselves and to others.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Čeština
The novel has been taught in a significant number of school curricula around the world, notably for its use of magical realism, and as a translated Latin American novel. Educational organizations such as the International Baccalaureate recognize it as a world literature study book. [6] [7] [8]
[19] Magic realism is achieved by the constant intertwining of the ordinary with the extraordinary. This magic realism strikes at one's traditional sense of naturalistic fiction. There is something clearly magical about the world of Macondo. It is a state of mind as much as, or more than, a geographical place.
Midnight's Children was awarded the 1981 Booker Prize, the English Speaking Union Literary Award, and the James Tait Prize. It also was awarded The Best of the Booker prize twice, in 1993 and 2008 (this was an award given out by the Booker committee to celebrate the 25th and 40th anniversary of the award).