Thursday, April 03, 2008

DeNiro's (big league) Game

Congratulations to Rawi Hage on the IMPAC shortlisting.

In the Toronto Star, the headline for Hage's IMPAC nod is:
Canadian up for $160K Prize
There's a whole lotta national and cultural anxiety packed into that little five-word hed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Notice in the Guardian he is referred, perhaps more accurately, as a Lebanese author.

JG

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