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I think, it's to find out the ones that will get the most votes. And, out of all nominated, the twelve countries with most votes will be read. If there are not twelve then maybe the list will be repeated, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
My nomination:
India :D
Pakistan (for Urdu writers)
No i think Scher will collect the large list of nominations and then all vote on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
Yeah, that's why I change my vote once somebody also posted a country I nominated!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I was gonna vote for Russia and Egypt..but now I'll just stick to Egypt..which can also be considered Africa..so right now, I don't know what to nominate...but you guys nominated all the countires I wanted..lol
Sorry, my post have coutries that have already been posted on purpose. I thought that it was like Madhuri said. I will change to Czech Republic and Portugal.
For Ireland are we going to include Ireland as a whole or separate as in Northern Ireland and R.O.Ireland?
If separate then one of my votes will be northern Ireland. Plenty of great reads from there. And New Zealand.
If not then lets say
New Zealand
Mexico
:)
Canada
Just to clarify, yes, this the nominations thread. Countries which have been nominated will be included in the poll.
Nominations so far:
1. Japan
2. Italy
3. USA
4. India
5. South Africa
6. Australia
7. Finland
8. France
9. Ireland
10. China
11. UK
12. Germany
13. Russia
14. Pakistan
15. Egypt
16. Czech Republic
17. Portugal
18. New Zealand
19. Mexico
20. Canada
Oh wow I didn't even think of Mexico. There are a lot of countries here, it will be interesting to see what we come out with in the end. Hmmm, maybe countries won't be as bad as I thought. :D
Oh I didn't think of the South American countries. I hope someone nominates Peru. It might be interesting to read a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.
Peru
(how's that Virgil?)
Thank you Granny. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Granny5
How about Greece and Spain
Man do you read minds? These were the two countries I would have nominated. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
But the problem with Urdu Literature is the very limited amount of good writing it offers in English. The only good Pakistani English writer I have read has been Bapsi Sidhwa. There are many amazing works in Urdu but not many people understand it sadly. And as far as I can see, most of the Urdu works are not translated in English.
Now, what should I nominate? Russia has already been nominated. So has been Ireland (which would have been my third and fourth choices). Maybe Persia and Turkey? I have read a little bit of translated poetry and some short stories from both countries and I liked some of them. (Rumi's poetry can be really interesting!) but I don't know anything about prose really...well except some short stories as I have mentioned before.
I hope members are motivated to read a lot of the unfamiliar authors, that we are bound to come across. This can be an enriching experience for all who participates. We have the opportunity to read works with members who could give valuable references to the culture.