Atiq Rahimi - Wins France’s Top Literary Award !
CONGRATULATIONS ATIQ JAN !
Atiq Rahimi who fled Afghanistan in 1984, has won this years the Prix Goncourt - France’s top literary award.
His novel “Sange Sabour” (The stone of Patience), is about an afghan woman who narrates her story, next to her dying husband. The story is about war, turmoil and the pain it inflicts on its civilians.
“At first, she prays to bring her husband back to life but she begins to talk about herself, her suffering and her secrets and little by little, she transforms her husband into this stone of patience,” he told France 2 television.
The novel, written in a style described as “sober and alive” by Culture Minister Christine Albanel, was Rahimi’s first in French, a language he first learned at school in Kabul before completing his studies with a doctorate from the Sorbonne.
He has published a number of other works in Farsi, including the novel Earth and Ashes, subsequently turned into a film that won an award at the 2004 Cannes film festival.
December 6th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Congratulations! Reading these success stories only reaffirms how proud I am to be Afghan! Way to go!
August 21st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Really farzana jan. I am proud to be an Afghan. I wish everybody in Afghanistan is given such opportunities to express their talents because we have a land full of talents but no resources but I am happy for those who have been given the opportunity and are doing the best.
September 16th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Hi,
Congrats to you and yours, I am very happy for you. This message goes to you and other Afghan Authors, we just launched a Afghan online store under http://www.Afghans.com. We are looking for authors to sell their work online. Please let us know if we can help you.
Thank you,
December 17th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
WOW!!!!
MASHALLAH
This is what talents afghans should be persuing!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Salam
we are proud of you and wish you more success and for all others Afghans Authors