International Literacy Day--8 Sept. 2007


	International Literacy Day--8 Sept. 2007

readforpleasure

9-8-2007 7:24 AM

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The following authors are working with UNESCO’s "Writers for Literacy" initiative. You can download their essays in the "Alphabet of Hope" anthology linked above.

Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Philippe Claudel, Paulo Coelho, Philippe Delerm, Fatou Diome, Chahdortt Djavann, Nadine Gordimer, Amitav Gosh, Marc Levy, Alberto Manguel, Anna Moi, Scott Momaday, Toni Morrison, Erik Orsenna, Gisèle Pineau, El Tayeb Salih, Francisco Jose Sionil, Wole Soyinka, Amy Tan, Miklos Vamos, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Wei Wei, Banana Yoshimoto.

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9-8-2007 8:23 AM

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