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The Bureau began to publish a magazine, Lotus, a forum for short stories, poetry, book reviews, and literary essays. [4] The inaugural Lotus Prize was given in 1969 to Alex La Guma, who was living in exile in London at the time. [5] After the assassination of its secretary general, the Bureau moved to Beirut, then Tunisia, and finally back to ...
[2] [3] The magazine was established by the Afro-Asian Writers' Association (AAWA). [4] [5] Its foundation was first proposed at the Association's inaugural meeting held in Tashkent, Soviet Union, in 1958. [6] The goal of the magazine was to support the Afro-Asian solidarity and nonalignment which had been stated in the Bandung Conference in ...
The Scholastic Asian Book Award (SABA) is the joint initiative of Scholastic Asia and the Singapore Book Council (SBC). The award recognizes children's writers of Asian origin who are taking the experiences of life, spirit, and thinking in different parts of Asia to the world at large.
The Asian American Literary Awards are a set of annual awards that have been presented by The Asian American Writers' Workshop since 1998. The awards include a set of honors for excellence in fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by a panel of literary and academic judges; a Members' Choice Award, voted on by the Workshop's members from the list of that year's entries; and a Lifetime ...
These conversations have a very real impact on attorney Mansi Shah, the former president of the South Asian Bar Association and another co-organizer of the South Asian Women for Harris Zoom call ...
For the prize of the first three years of its running, from 2007 to 2009, the Man Asian Literary Prize awarded USD 10,000 (author)/ 3,000 USD (translator) to a novel written by an Asian writer of the elective countries, either in English or translated into English, and yet unpublished. Submissions were made by the authors.
A new group, South Asian Women for Harris, raised over $250,000 for the campaign during a two-hour call last week, according to The Associated Press. Around 4,000 women attended, including ...
The Lotus and the Robot is a 1960 book by Arthur Koestler, in which the author explores eastern mysticism. Although later dated by Westerners' greater exposure to Asian practices, it concentrates mainly on Indian and Japanese traditions, [ 1 ] which form the two parts—the "lotus" and the "robot" respectively.