I live an ascetic life at the very heart of wealth, in a studio smaller than a bedroom in “normal” America. No cool red sports cars, the finest wines, the latest in mountain bikes, reservations.
The sixth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize award ceremony, presented by Aspen Words, a program of the Aspen Institute, took place Wednesday evening. Jamil Jan Kochai was named winner.
Kochai will receive a $35,000 award one of the largest literary prizes in the United States for his latest book, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories.”