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sisyphusshruggedSusan Sontag Receives German Peace Prize, Criticizes U.S.
With a swipe at U.S. President Bush and his "imperial program," the American novelist, playwright and critic accepted the prestigious peace prize from the German booksellers’ association on Sunday.
One of America’s foremost writers and intellectuals was bestowed with Germany’s highest literary honors at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Sunday. The German Booksellers’ Association, which hands out the annual Peace Prize, hailed Susan Sontag for her "exceptional sense of morality and immorality."
Yes, Virginia (perhaps near Foggy Bottom), there is a Susan Sontag award, and it's in Germany.
Bet she ordered alsatian beer, too.
With a swipe at U.S. President Bush and his "imperial program," the American novelist, playwright and critic accepted the prestigious peace prize from the German booksellers’ association on Sunday.
One of America’s foremost writers and intellectuals was bestowed with Germany’s highest literary honors at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Sunday. The German Booksellers’ Association, which hands out the annual Peace Prize, hailed Susan Sontag for her "exceptional sense of morality and immorality."
Yes, Virginia (perhaps near Foggy Bottom), there is a Susan Sontag award, and it's in Germany.
Bet she ordered alsatian beer, too.
