MARGARET ATWOOD

Simplemente quería rendir mi humilde agradecimiento y homenaje a esta gran escritora canadiense que, muy merecidamente, ha ganado el premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras. Tambien porque ya era hora, que los escritores canadienses bastante desconocidos en el resto del mundo no anglosajón, fueran reconocidos. Recuerdo leer con fruición a Northrop Frye, Pierre Berton y muchos mas de cuyos nombres--perdonad--en estos momentos no me acuerdo. Los que hayais seguido mis peripecias desde que llegué a Canada, igual os interesaría leer "Cat's Eye" (Ojo de Gato) escrito por Margaret Atwood que trata tambien de una joven que llega a Toronto desde Vancouver en esos años 50.

I simply wanted to thank and pay my humble tribute to this great Canadian writer who, very meritoriously, has won The Principe de Asturias Literature Award. Also, because it was about time that Canadian writers, quite unknown in the rest of the non-Anglosaxon world, came out into the limelight. I remember greatly enjoying reading the stories of Northrop Frye, Pierre Berton and many others whose names--sorry--have skipped my mind. Those of you who have followed my adventures since I arrived in Canada, might be interested in reading Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" which also has to do with a young woman arriving in Toronto from Vancouver in the fifties.