Shortlist | Authors 2006

The authors and their books

The shortlist of the authors and their works chosen for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage 2006 (ordered alphabetically):


Karl-Markus Gauß, Austria

Die Hundeesser von Svinia
[The Dog Eaters of Svinia]


Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna, 2004 



Linda Grant, Great Britain

The People on the Street. A Writer’s View of Israel




Virago Press, London, 2006



Juanita León, Colombia

País de plomo. Crónicas de guerra
[Country of Bullets. War Diaries]


Aguilar, 2005



Li Datong, China

"Bingdian" Gushi.
[The Story of “Freezing Point”] 


Guangxi Shifan Daxue Chubanshe, 2005  



Erik Orsenna, France

Voyage aux pays du coton. Petit précis de mondialisation
[Journey to the Lands of Cotton. A Brief Manual of Globalisation]

Fayard, Paris, 2006 




Manjushree Thapa, Nepal 

Nepal: Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy



Penguin Viking India, New Delhi, 2005 



Zhou Qing, China

"Min Yihe Shi Wei Tian". Zhongguo Shipin Anquan Xianzhuang Diaocha, Bangao Wenxue, 9/2004

["What Kind of God". A Survey of the Current Safety of China’s Food, in: Reportage Literature 9/2004]