Traces the harrowing 1629 shipwreck of nearly three hundred survivors on small islands off the coast of western Australia who found themselves at the mercy of a visionary psychopath and his team of supporters, a group that brutalized the survivors before eventually slaughtering them in an organized massacre. synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.
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In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a coral archipelago, some fifty miles from the western coast of the Australian continent. Most of the nearly three hundred men, women and children on board escaped from drowning only to become victims of a psychopath who, with the help of a dozen followers, organized a methodical massacre of this hapless community. Acclaimed sinologist and author Simon Leys traveled to the site of the disaster and learned that, paradoxically, the natural environment of these islands could have afforded the survivors fairly decent living
Major French cultural award for Edna O’Brien
March 6, 2021
TUAMGRANEY native Edna O’Brien is to be awarded France’s highest cultural honour on the eve of International Women’s Day next Monday.
The multi-award winning novelist will be named Commander of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French culture minister, Roselyne Bachelot. The online ceremony will be also attended by Irish culture minister Catherine Martin, actor Gabriel Byrne and writer Colum McCann.
The French Embassy in Ireland said the honour is being made in recognition of “the struggle of a committed feminist who offered a voice to women around the world”. The citation also described Ms O’Brien as “one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century”.
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Irish writer Edna O Brien is to be named Commander in the French Ordre des Arts et Lettres .
The online ceremony will be held on March 7th on the eve of International Women s Day.
The award will be presented by France s Culture Minister, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin.
The French embassy said the Order of Arts and Letters awards the talent of Ms O Brien and the struggle of a committed feminist who offered a voice to women around the world, and recognised by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
French ambassador to Ireland, Vincent Guérend, said: The French government is delighted to present this distinction to Mrs Edna O Brien, a great figure of Irish literature and to pay tribute to her literary work which has always been committed to denouncing injustices against women.