Friday, April 20, 2012

Tobby Litt to collaborate with Armenian writers

English writer Tobby Litt, who in 2003 was nominated as one of the 20 ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ by Granta magazine, is visiting Yerevan to attend the World Book Capital 2012 celebrations.


According to a press release by the British Council, Litt is also expected to meet with his Armenian colleagues to discuss prospects of collaboration and possibilities of establishing ties in literary circles.

The writer is visiting Armenia upon the invitation of the Ministry of Culture.

Tob Litt was born in Bedford in 1968. He studied at Bedford Modern School, read English at Worcester College, Oxford and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury. His first book, Adventures in Capitalism, was published in 1996. Litt also edited the 13th edition of New Writing and is known for naming his books in alphabetical order.

Armenian News

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