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The 28th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 6, 2016, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2015. The list of nominees was released on March 8. Special awards Nominees and winners References {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees 2016 in LGBT history Lambda Lambda (}, ''lám(b)da'') is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed . Lambda gave ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted in 1989. The program has grown from 14 awards in early years to 24 awards today. Early categories such as HIV/AIDS literature were dropped as the prominence of the AIDS crisis within the gay community waned, and categories for bisexual and transgender literature were added as the community became more inclusive. In addition to the primary literary awards, Lambda Literary also presents a number of special awards. Award categories Current Notes 1 In both the bisexual and transgender categories, presentation may vary according to the number of eligible titles submitted in any given year. If the number of titles warrants, then separate awards are presented in either two (Fiction and Nonfiction, with the Fiction category inclusive of poetr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natty Soltesz
Natty may refer to: People with the given name * Natty Dominique (1896-1982), American jazz trumpeter * Natty Hollmann (1939-2021), Argentine philanthropist * Natty King (born 1977), Jamaican Reggae artist * Natty Zavitz, actor in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' People with the nickname * Natty (British singer) (born 1983), American-British singer-songwriter * Natty (Thai singer) (born 2002), Thai K-pop singer * Natarajan Subramaniam, Indian cinematographer Fictional characters * Natty Bumppo, protagonist of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' novels * Natty (''Hollyoaks''), in the British TV soap opera * the protagonist of ''The Journey of Natty Gann'', a 1985 Disney film * Natalie "Natty" Hillard, in the 1993 film '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' Other uses * Slang for ''natural'', particularly in the bodybuilding community (where it refers to abstention from performance-enhancing drugs) * Natural Light and related beers, also called ''Natty'' See also * Natalee * Natalia (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Findlay
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langdon Hammer
Langdon may refer to: Places Australia * Langdon, Queensland, a neighbourhood in the Mackay Region Canada * Langdon, Alberta, a hamlet United Kingdom * Langdon, Cornwall, a hamlet * Langdon, Kent, a civil parish * Langdon, Pembrokeshire United States * Langdon, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Langdon, Kansas, a city * Langdon, a village which later became part of Cottage Grove, Minnesota * Langdon, New Hampshire, a town * Langdon, North Dakota, a city * Langdon, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood * Langdon, Minnesota, a former settlement * Lake Langdon, Minnesota * Langdon Lake, Oregon As a name * Langdon (surname), various people * Langdon (given name), various people Other uses * Langdon Abbey, West Langdon, Kent, England * Langdon Academy, a co-educational all-through school in the London Borough of Newham, England * Langdon Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States See also * East Langdon, Kent * West Langdon, Kent * Langdon Bay (Kent) * Lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sie
James Sie is an American actor and author. He was the voice of an animated Jackie Chan and several other characters in ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', Master Monkey in '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'', taking over for Chan, and Eddy Raja in the ''Uncharted'' series. His debut novel, ''Still Life Las Vegas'', was published in August 2015. Career He is known as a "Jackie Chan impersonator" as his voice bears a strong resemblance to Chan especially in the Kids' WB animated television series ''Jackie Chan Adventures''. He also voices Shendu in the same series. He is the voice of Master Monkey for Nickelodeon's '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'', replacing Jackie Chan from the movies (Sie voiced Monkey in all of the video games). Other popular roles include Chinese American footballer Kwan in '' Danny Phantom'', Chen Lin in '' W.I.T.C.H.'', Fin Fang Foom and Radioactive Man in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' and Eddy Raja in '' Uncharted: Drake's Fortune'', Sie did seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whittier Treat
John Whittier Treat is Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Literature at Yale University, Connecticut, United States, where he teaches Japanese literature and culture. He was co-editor of the ''Journal of Japanese Studies''. He has published numerous essays and several books on Japan-related topics. In 2008 he discussed his work with Peter Shea at the University of Minnesota. He received his BA in Asian Studies 1975 from Amherst College, Massachusetts, and his MA and PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures from Yale University in 1979 and 1982, respectively. In 2011 he translated Yi Kwang-su's short story, "Maybe Love" (사랑인가, 1909), which was then published in the journal ''Azalea'' by the University of Hawaiʻi Press. Selected works Nonfiction * ''Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji'' (1988) * ''Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture'' (1995) * ''Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb'' (1995) * ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Golding
Michael Golding is an American novelist. He is most noted for his 2015 novel ''A Poet of the Invisible World'', which won the Ferro-Grumley Award and was a shortlisted finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction in 2016. '''', March 8, 2016. An alumnus of , Golding previously published the novels ''Simple Prayers'' (1994) and ''Benjamin's Gift'' (1999), and cowrote the screenplay for the 2007 film '' |
Paul Russell (novelist)
Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for '' The Coming Storm'' and in 2012 for ''The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov''. ''The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov'' is a fictionalized portrayal of a real person - Sergey Nabokov, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known. Russell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where his father Jack was a mathematics professor at Southwestern at Memphis. He studied at Oberlin College and Cornell University. He is a professor of English literature at Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely fol .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truman Capote
Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella), Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1958) and the true crime novel ''In Cold Blood'' (1966), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as a writer by the time he was eight years old, and he honed his writing ability throughout his childhood. He began his professional career writing short stories. The critical success of "Miriam (short story), Miriam" (1945) attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf and resulted in a contract to write the novel ''Other Voices, Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Sinclair
Andy Sinclair is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''Breathing Lessons'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 28th Lambda Literary Awards. Sinclair was born in Cowansville, Quebec"Des auteurs se dévoilent… au Stock" . '''', October 26, 2015. and raised in North Bay, Ontario, and is currently based in Toronto. ''Breathing L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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