E-Hotel de la Reconquista e-Oviedo, bekukhona injabulo enkulu namhlanje ekuseni ngesikhathi somcimbi we -XXXVI we-Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2016 , lapho ababhali bezizwe eziyi-16 ezahlukene (kusukela eShayina kuya e-Argentina) bebencintisana khona.
Ekugcineni, imvilophu yembula ukuthi ophumelele kwakunguRichard Ford , umbhali waseMelika oneminyaka engu-72 ubudala owaziwa ngezindaba ezakha i- collage yomphakathi waseYankee, ezivezwe kahle ezincwadini ezifana ne-A Piece of My Heart noma i-The Sportswriter, umsebenzi onezimpawu zomlando wakhe.
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Wazalwa ngo-1944 eJackson, e-Ohio, uFord wayengumntwana one-dyslexia othambekele emabangeni amabi futhi engafuni ukufunda . Eqinisweni, waqala ukufunda eneminyaka engu-18, yize ukuqonda kwakhe ukufunda kuye kwamholela ekuvumeni izikhathi eziningi ukuthi "akasoze afunde zonke izincwadi azithandayo" ngenxa yemiphumela eqhubekayo yobunzima bakhe bobuntwana.
Kodwa-ke, ubufakazi bokuthi akukaze kwephuze kakhulu bafika lapho uFord, ejabule ngaleli zwe elisha lezincwadi, ethatha isinqumo sokuba ngumbhali, kunalokho umbalisi wezinkinga nobudrama bomphakathi waseMelika umbhali awuchaze encwadini yakhe yokuqala, u-A Ingxenye yenhliziyo yami (1976), isibonelo senoveli yobugebengu esethwe eMfuleni iMississippi, kanye neThe Last Chance (1981), egxile kumakadebona empi yaseVietnam.
Ngemuva kokufunda ukubhala ngobuciko, wazinikezela ekubhaleni ukushicilelwa kwezemidlalo, waba ukwenqatshwa kweSports Illustrated ehlonishwayo okwamshukumisela ukuthi aphinde azenze kabusha eqanjiwe. Ngalesi sikhathi uzoshicilela i-El journalista deportivo, egxile kumlobi onquma ukusebenza njengentatheli yezemidlalo, okuzoba ngumsebenzi wakhe owaziwa kakhulu kungekudala.
Zonke lezi zindaba, ezizama ukukhipha izifiso ezijulile zalowo mphakathi waseMelika ezibonwa ngamehlo kaFord osemusha kodwa ozimisele, yizona zizathu ezenza ukuthi namhlanje ekuseni umbhali athole ama-euro angu-50 eNkosazana yase-Asturias Award, indondo, isithombe sikaJoan Miró kanye nendumiso evela ejajini elithe isinqumo sayo sibangelwe umsebenzi "owenza uFord abe ngumlandisi wesimanje ojulile futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, umlandisi omkhulu wezindaba ezihlangene emphakathini waseMelika."
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