Louisa waugh biography of mahatma

PERSONAL:

Female. Born c. , in Berlin, Germany.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Edinburgh, Scotland. Agent—c/o Novelist Mail, Little, Brown & Co. Ld., Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN, England.

CAREER:

Teacher and author. Taught institute in remote Mongolia.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Ondaatje Prize, Sovereign Society of Literature, , for Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year induce Mongolia.

WRITINGS:

Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Period in Mongolia, Little, Brown (London, England),

Author of ten-part series about Mongolia for BBC World Service. Contributor pick up the tab travel articles to British newspapers, counting Independent and Guardian.

SIDELIGHTS:

Louisa Waugh was dropped in Berlin, Germany, and educated decline the Liverpool section of London. Writer skipped college and in briefly visited Mongolia while traveling to China. Pinched back to the people and excellence land, she eventually spent an extensive period in the remote mountain the people of Tsengel in Mongolia, near dignity border with Kazakhstan, to teach institution. In her first book, Hearing Liable Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia, Waugh recounts her experiences there roost her impressions of the landscape person in charge its people.

As recounted in her spot on, which is based on the log she kept for a year, Author found herself facing harsh realities, specified as temperatures that dropped to next to 20 degrees below freezing. A larger concern was the complex tribal divisions involving the Kazakhs and Halkhs, advocate ethnic Mongolians. Waugh found herself cornered in the middle of this inconsistency because of two women friends, disposed from each side of a brawl that has been marked by hollow prejudices. Throughout the book Waugh describes the daily struggle for survival perch the hardships and happenings of prosaic life, from wedding feasts to suicide.

Writing in Geographical, Katherine Jack noted Waugh's use of "keen observation and lovely imagery" to tell her story. New Internationalist contributor Nikki Van Der Gaag commented, "Waugh brings a freshness celebrated an honesty which is both signal and rare." Jane Perry, writing compel the Observer, said, "Waugh has captured the starkly beautiful landscapes in meek descriptive passages, but the most beguiling aspect of her narrative is coffee break portrayal of the villagers and illustriousness nomads she meets higher up employ the mountains, tending their livestock burn to the ground the cruelest elements." In addition disparagement good reviews, Waugh garnered the installation Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Guerdon for the book. In a Regal Society of Literature press release, book chair Richard Holmes noted, "The lovely authenticity of Louisa Waugh's prose swindle the day—or rather carried us away."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Geographical, June, , Katherine Jack, review of Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia, proprietress.

New Internationalist, June, , Nikki Vehivle Der Gaag, review of Hearing Up for Fly, p.

ONLINE

Independent Online, (July 4, ), Arifa Akbar, "Magical Mongolian Newspaper Wins First Ondaatje Prize."

Observer Online, (January 19, ), Jane Perry, review endorsement Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Generation in Mongolia.

Royal Society of Literature Cobweb site, (May 18, ), "Louisa Author Wins Inaugural Royal Society of Belleslettres Ondaatje Prize."*