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Lambda Literary Award For Gay Fiction
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation The Lambda Literary Foundation (also known as Lambda Literary) is an American LGBTQ literary organization whose mission is to nurture and advocate for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve their legaci ... to a work of fiction on gay male themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, women and heterosexual men may also be nominated for or win the award. Recipients References External links Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Gay Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees Awards established in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary Foundation, 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 Ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Mount Everest Disaster
The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it the deadliest season on Mount Everest at the time and the third deadliest to date after the 23 fatalities resulting from avalanches caused by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 16 fatalities of the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche. The 1996 disaster received widespread publicity and raised questions about the commercialization of Everest. Numerous climbers were at a high altitude on Everest during the storm including the Adventure Consultants team, led by Rob Hall, and the Mountain Madness team, led by Scott Fischer. While climbers died on both the North Face and South Col approaches, the events on the latter were more widely reported. Four members of the Adventure Consultants expedition died, including Hall, while Fischer was the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Lambda Literary Awards
The 12th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2000 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1999. Nominees and winners External links 12th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh 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 Phoen ... Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 2000 in LGBTQ history 2000 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hours (novel)
''The Hours'', a 1998 novel by the American writer Michael Cunningham, is a tribute to Virginia Woolf's 1923 work ''Mrs Dalloway''. Cunningham emulates elements of Woolf's writing style while revisiting some of her themes in different settings. ''The Hours'' won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was later made into an Oscar-winning, 2002, eponymous film and a 2022 opera in two acts with music by Kevin Puts and an English-language libretto by Greg Pierce, based on the novel and its 2002 film adaptation, both with the same title. Description The nonlinear narrative unfolds primarily through the perspectives of three women across three decades, with each woman somehow affected by Woolf's novel '' Mrs. Dalloway''. In 1923 Richmond, London, author Virginia Woolf writes ''Mrs. Dalloway'' and struggles with mental illness. In 1949 in Los Angeles, California, Laura Brown is reading ''Mrs. Dalloway'' while planning a birthday party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of War
''The Art of War'' is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring and Autumn period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu ("Master Sun"), is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to a different set of skills or art related to warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. For almost 1,500 years, it was the lead text in an anthology that was formalized as the Seven Military Classics by Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1080. ''The Art of War'' remains the most influential strategy text in East Asian warfare and has influenced both East Asian and Western military theory and thinking. The book contains a detailed explanation and analysis of the 5th-century BC Chinese military, from weapons, environmental conditions, and strategy to rank and discipline. Sun also stressed the importance of intelligence operatives and espionage to the war effort. Considered one of history's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Arrow's Flight
''An Arrow's Flight'' is a 1998 novel by American author Mark Merlis. Plot summary Pyrrhus lives in the city with his simple housemate Leucon. He works as a waiter at a dead-end restaurant, then soon finds himself working as a hustler. One day, he hears from Phoenix that his father Achilles has left him some inheritance in Troy after dying in battle, and he decides to claim it. On the ship, he sleeps with Corythus, a sailor. He soon learns he needs to seduce Philoctetes and get his bow for a prophecy to come true. He grows attached to the old man, though the latter also has an affair with Paris. Finally, Philoctetes breaks the bow. Pyrrhus meets Leucon again in a hospital where Pyrrhus is waiting to see his lover Philoctetes, who is very sick; the latter realizes he no longer has feelings for Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus understands that he has grown and accepted his sexuality and is able to live openly, something Leucon cannot do. (The novel hints that he probably never will.) Main char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Lambda Literary Awards
The 11th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1999 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1998. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 11th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh 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 Phoen ... Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 1999 in LGBTQ history 1999 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farewell Symphony
''The Farewell Symphony'' is a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Edmund White. It is the third of a trilogy of novels, being preceded by '' A Boy's Own Story'' (1982) and ''The Beautiful Room Is Empty'' (1988). It depicts the later adulthood of its protagonist and documents his experience of homosexuality from the 1960s to the 1990s. Each of the three novels in this series assumes a progression in tone and style which may be measured in part by the sexual content, which starts in ''A Boy's Own Story'', expands in ''The Beautiful Room Is Empty'' and becomes more detailed in ''The Farewell Symphony''. Also, the first two novels in the series are shorter and come in at around 300 pages, told through the inner dialogue of their unnamed narrator. ''The Farewell Symphony'' is considerably longer at 500 pages. Another distinguishing characteristic that sets ''The Farewell Symphony'' apart from its predecessors is that the former were largely concerned with struggle, whereas in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Lambda Literary Awards ...
The 10th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1998 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1997. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 10th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary Foundation, Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ+ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ+ literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Law Of Enclosures
''The Law of Enclosures'' is a 1996 novel by American author Dale Peck, which was adapted into the 2000 film '' The Law of Enclosures'' by Canadian director John Greyson. A cross between a conventional novel and a memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ..., the book dramatizes the marital relationship of Henry and Beatrice, characters based on Peck's real-life parents, depicted in alternating time frames ranging from a young couple first falling in love to an older couple renewing their bond after 40 years of marriage. 1996 American novels American novels adapted into films Farrar, Straus and Giroux books References {{1990s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Of Men
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Boy (novel)
''Funny Boy'' is a coming-of-age novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian author Shyam Selvadurai. First published by McClelland and Stewart in September 1994, the novel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and the Books in Canada First Novel Award. Set in Sri Lanka where Selvadurai grew up, ''Funny Boy'' is constructed in the form of six poignant stories about a boy coming to age within a wealthy Tamil family in Colombo. Between the ages of seven and fourteen, he explores his sexual identity, and encounters the Sinhala-Tamil tensions leading up to the 1983 riots. Background The novel presents vivid sketches of family members, friends, school teachers, shown co-operating, arguing, loving, and living. The large Tamil family, and its arguments and discussions reflect a specific culture, while in many aspects the problems are universal. Tension mounts as the riots come closer to home, and the whole family sleeps in their shoes so they can quickly escape should the Sinhalese mobs des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
