British Author Beats Out Cardenal for Nobel Prize
MANAGUA – Famed revolutionary poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who had been promoted by several groups of Latin America writers for this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, this week celebrated the award going to British author Doris Lessing.
Cardenal, 82, admitted he is not familiar with the works of Lessing, but said that if she won “it’s because she’s good.”
You may be interested
IMF predicts ‘partial and uneven’ recovery in Latin America due to Covid-19
AFP and The Tico Times - September 24, 2020The International Monetary Fund foresees a "partial and uneven" recovery in Latin America after the Covid-19 crisis, and it anticipates…
Costa Rica coronavirus updates for Wednesday, September 23
Alejandro Zúñiga - September 23, 2020Costa Rica announced 21 new coronavirus-related deaths over the last day for a total of 781, according to official data…
Costa Rica’s Playa Hermosa named as World Surfing Reserve
Alejandro Zúñiga - September 23, 2020Save The Waves Coalition has named Playa Hermosa in Garabito, Puntarenas as a World Surfing Reserve (WSR), the non-profit announced…
