Not content with renaming the months of the year after himself Turkmenistan’s potentate Saparmurat Niyazov, also known as Turkmenbashi, has now published a book of poetry. The oeuvre is called My People. My Country. My Dignity and Honor. Previous bestsellers in the genre include Zabiba and The King, by one Saddam Hussein.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.