‘Alternative Nobel Prizes’ for poetry festival, Indian rights activist, and Daniel Ellsberg

Apart from the official Nobel Prizes, this time of the year is also for ‘unofficial Nobel Prizes’.

From Poetry International:

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MEDELLIN POETRY FESTIVAL HONOURED

The Medellín International Poetry Festival shares this year’s Swedish Right Livelihood Award with Indian rights activist, Ruth Manorama and Daniel Ellsberg, the former US Defence Department official who leaked secret Pentagon documents during the Vietnam war.

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