Yann Martel
Standard Name: Martel, Yann
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Jeanette Winterson | In 2007 Canadian novelist Yann Martel
met JW
and enlisted her support in his project of enlightening the mind of Stephen Harper
, Prime Minister of Canada, by sending him a book every two... |
| Textual Features | Wendy Cope | The title, and the verse-form that goes with it, derive from Kipling
's The Law of the Jungle—a deliberately ironic circumstance, since Kipling writes of the rules meticulously observed by wolves and other wild... |
Timeline
22 October 2002
The Booker Prize was awarded for the first time as the Man Booker Prize, its sponsorship having passed to the Man Group
, a Canadian venture capital company.
16 April 2007
Novelist Yann Martel
began a project of sending a book every two weeks to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
together with an admonitory letter; on a website he recorded the books sent and gave the...