In a surprise move, Algeria’s president suspends the 2011 German Peace Prize-winning author’s prison sentence.
IPA Joins in Condemnation of Boualem Sansal’s Upheld Sentence in Algeria
The International Publishers Association’s’ (IPA) Kristenn Einarsson calls Boualem Sansal’s incarceration ‘an affront to a literary ambassador of Algeria.’
In Iceland: A Focus on Boualem Sansal at Reykjavik International Literary Festival
Entering its fourth decade, the Reykjavik festival uses its ‘Absent Author’ series to feature the jailed Sansal.
International Calls for Boualem Sansal: Now Sentenced to Five Years
Boualem Sansal is said to have told Algiers’ court: ‘My comments or writings were simply a personal opinion, and I have the right to make them like any Algerian citizen.’
Human Rights Day: The Börsenverein’s Appeal for Sansal
A widening appeal for the detained author Boualem Sansal is led by Germany’s publishers, with a public petition of the Algerian authorities.
Germany’s Börsenverein Calls on Algeria To Release Boualem Sansal
Boualem Sansal, the French-Algerian winner (2011) of the German book trade’s Peace Prize reportedly is being detained by Algiers.
Our New International Author Buzz: Leena Krohn, Boualem Sansal, Peter Wohlleben
Sci-fi author Leena Krohn, political fiction writer Boualem Sansal, and nonfiction bestselling author Peter Wohlleben are on the global publishing radar these days in our Author Buzz.
Algerian Writer Awarded German Book Trade Peace Prize
This year’s coveted German Book Trade Peace Prize will go to Algerian writer Boualem Sansal during a ceremony on Sunday October 16 in Frankfurt
Algerian Author Boualem Sansal to Receive the 2011 Peace Prize
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has chosen Algerian author Boualem Sansal to be the recipient of this year’s Peace Prize
Vis-à-Vis French-US Lit Fest Hits Cali this Weekend
By Edward Nawotka “Vis-à-Vis,” a new French-American literary festival organized by the Cultural Services Department of the French Embassy, will take place in Venice, on May 15, 2010 and then travel to San Francisco on May 16. It’s free and open to the public. Authors participating include some serious bold-faced names, such as Philippe Djian, Steve Erickson, Alain Mabanckou, Véronique …