|j the bardo by george saunders is the best book of the year?y the best book of the year, but according to thejudges, it best book of the year, but according to the judges, it is an absolutely worthy winner. a worthy winner, and i recommend people to go and read it. thank you both so much for your insights. it's been lovely talking to you. i understand that we have had some technical issues during this programme. i'm so sorry, but i do hope that you did hear george saunders with his wonderful a cce pta nce saunders with his wonderful acceptance speech for his novel, lincoln in the bardo, which has won the man booker prize for fiction. he is 58, has written his first full—length novel, although he says this novel has been in his heart for 20 years. from all of us here at the guildhall, thank you so much for watching, and good night. good evening. things looked calmer than they were 24 hours ago. we have lost ex—hurricane 0phelia, the winds are lighter, but calm does not necessarily mean drive. we have clad and outbreaks of patchy rain pushing in

tell our audience a bit more about what this book is about, bardo is the idea of purgatory in to bat,es, purgatory is important but bardo is more negotiable, a dead person, if they come to an understanding about their life they can be freed up the story was when lincoln was president his son passed away and he went into the cryptjust to see his body and that spoke to me, the level of grief that would drive a person to do that and then of course he had to leave and fight the war so just the profundity of that evening. and it was a charger mark ona that evening. and it was a charger mark on a visit to washington that planted the seed of this idea in your mind. —— was a chance remark. we were driving by a graveyard and my wife's husband said, did you know... i thought, my wife's husband said, did you know... ithought, what my wife's husband said, did you know... i thought, what a story but i wasn't sure if i could do it. so i stored it away for 20 years and in 2012 i thought if not now, when? in the things i have read about you you are very modest and self—deprecating. how does it feel t

lincoln in the bardo.eorge saunders wins this year's man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo, becoming the second us author to take home the £50,000 fiction award. anton newsnight we look at the debate raging in universities across the country about free speech — some stu d e nts the country about free speech — some students are keen to stop offensive views expressed on campus while others say people are offended fata easily. we will hear both sides of the argument. —— far too easily. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. that's according to the head of mi5, andrew parker, who's given a rare interview, and defended the service's record, after four terrorist attacks this year. 0ur security frank gardner reports. —— 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so—called islamic state, in t

lincoln in the bardo.oker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo, becoming the second us author to take home the £50,000 fiction award.

he won for his first full novel, lincoln in the bardo, which follows the us president's grief over theeath of his son. now it is time for world business report. it has become the world's factory production line, but now the chinese communist party is trying to reshape the country into an economy fit for entrepreneurs. can this man be simultaneously president and an international business owner? that question will be posed in a federal court today. welcome to world business report. i'm jamie robertson. china is the world's second—biggest economy, and whilst it is still some way behind the united states, what happens there matters to all of us. the communist party congress is where the shape of china and its economy is set for the next five years. in the first half of this year, the economy grew by 6.9%. that is above the 6.5% government target, and the ruling party are keen to make sure that robust growth continues. when you couple that with population growth of 0.5%, it means living standards are on the rise. and that good for the communist party, because it helps ensure political stab

lincoln in the bardo. and the american author george saunders wins the man booker prize for his debut novel. it has become the world's factory production line, but now the chinese communist party is trying to reshape the country into an economy fit for entrepreneurs. can this man be simultaneously president and an international business owner? that question will be posed in a federal court today. in a speech formally opening the congress of the communist party of china, the party's leader, xijinping, has said his country has made great accomplishments in the last five years, despite challenges from a very weak global economy. president xi is still speaking, in a speech which has already lasted three hours. they are listening with great intent, and xi jinping they are listening with great intent, and xijinping has been speaking of a successful reorganisation of the chinese military to come, as well as the importance of taiwan, hong kong and macao remaining integral parts of china. the biggest applause came

lincoln in the bardo. short while ago, when the american writer george saunders won the prestigious man booker literary prize. he took the award for his work ‘lincoln in the bardo', which uses the accounts of hundreds of narrators to weave a tale around the death of abraham lincoln's 11 year old son willie. it's the author's first full length novel to be published. here's something you don't see every day — a calf on the loose in the centre of brooklyn. it's not clear how the animal broke out but police were able to stop it from getting any further by bringing in a horse box to aid the rescue mission. the calf was unharmed, and has now been handed over to animal control, who are trying to reunite it with its owner. tens of thousands of pro—independence campaigners have taken to the streets of barcelona, to protest against the detention of two leading catalan politicians by the spanish authorities. the men are being held on suspicion of sedition — or planning to overthrow the state — after allegedly trying

literary award george saunders received the man booker prize for his fiction for his novel lincoln in the bardo he's the second american author to win the prize katherine stansell reports from london. lincoln in the book . it was a book on the afterlife such in a washington graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his dad eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of go in from another daury which for me is usually my you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things were kind of talking to me then the story because produc

george saunders won for this book, lincoln in the bardo. it tells the story set in 1862 of young willie lincoln who dies of fever in that year and goes and gets buried into a crypt his fater visits him. his father is the president abraham him. his father is the president abra ham lincoln who him. his father is the president abraham lincoln who is grief—stricken. in the cemetery there are ghostly voices having a conversation that tells the story of this book. it sounds complicated and it's marvellous. with me is george saunders. congratulations. thank you so saunders. congratulations. thank you so much. you had a vision for this book 20 years ago. you are an established story writer, what took you so long? my stories are a little dark and cynical and sci—fi and i just couldn't see anyway to approach this serious material. i tried it a couple of times, it didn't work. i thought — either don't do it or wait until you have enough life to do it justice. is it as an american taking on lincoln taking on god? it is. everyone knows and loves lincoln

american or her george saunders has won the prestigious man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo the book tells the story of abraham lincoln's grief after the death of his son saunders is the second american author ever to win the award worth more than fifty five thousand euros. us back forces in draka carrying not mopping up operations one day off they took the city from so-called islamic state they are removing landmines and clearing main roads they're expected to announce the formal liberation of the city later today syrian forces captured the former i s stronghold on tuesday off an intense four month campaign after an assault lasting for months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flag in russia's main square. where near the main roundabout and we haven't seen any i asked fighters we haven't seen any near the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next two days. how do i feel i'm flying look at me i'm flying and i'm so happy. on the spot known as the round up out of hell over the past three years my ass used for public beheadings and cr

line fingers a lot of bruno bardo runner. this week, and they remedy indications of walking away without a deal. the experts there, they had experts from universities, from eu law, and they said, basically, whatever happens, they think at the 11th hour, in any event, there will be some sort of deal. i didn't anybody certainly believes that we will walk away with nothing. so, let's walk away from brexit just nothing. so, let's walk away from brexitjust a minute. the financial times, they've got the harvey weinstein story. an interesting new angle. they are two of the corporations board members tried for yea rs corporations board members tried for years to corporations board members tried for yea rs to investigate corporations board members tried for years to investigate harvey weinstein, the co—founder of the company, but they were not able to. they were 20 get access to his personalfile, and they were 20 get access to his personal file, and they were not able to. yes, exactly, which lay da mocles able to. yes, exactly, which

lincoln in the bardo.saunders wins the man booker prize for his debut novel. it has become the world's factory production line, but now the chinese communist party is trying to reshape the country into an economy fit for entrepreneurs. can this man be simultaneously president and an international business owner? that question will be posed in a federal court today.

graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of go in from another daury which for me is usually you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things were kind of talking to me then the story that gets produced is higher than the one i could have imagined in advance so that's kind of a leap of faith that you know you think it at fifty eight you should have some kind of mastery but i think the true master used to be willing to wade in this something and not be sure how it's going to tu

they all bardo: reached out to. senator heller, senator masto and congresswoman rosen, they all reached out to me throughout this tragedy and offered their assistance so i don't want them slighted just because they are not standing behind me. additionally, i have the chief of police next to me and that's chief troy tanner of the mesquite p.d. he's been instrumental in the assistance towards this in order to help us complete this investigation. i think it's appropriate that he get recognized for this. and greg cassel, the clerk county fire chief and he likes to stand in the back. where we are different in our jurisdiction as through my travels and compare -- in comparison to other jurisdictions, we work very well with the fire department and they did not hesitate to pair up with the officer and enter the fray so i want to thank him for that. thank you, greg. i'm happy to answer some questions. as you know, the investigation is continuing. so please do not get too detailed on your questions because i will probably not

literary award george saunders receive the man booker prize for fiction for his novel lincoln in the bardo is the second u.s. author to take the prize since it became a wild wide award in two thousand and fourteen catherine stansell is at the london . lincoln in the bar. it was a book on the afterlife such in a washington graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his dad eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of going from another daury which for me is usually my you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things we

look at the nominees continues today with george saunders discussing his debut novel lincoln in the bardowilliam. the idea came from a story that i heard 20 years ago, and the story was that while lincoln was president, his beloved son willie died, and lincoln was so grief—stricken that he actually entered the crypt on several occasions and actually interacted with the body. an exceedingly tall and unkempt fellow was making his way toward us through the darkness. this was highly irregular. it was after hours. the front gate would be locked. the form of the book was actually a big problem. so finally i settled on a kind of greek chorus approach, where it is basically a series of hundreds of monologues that come from other ghosts in the graveyard, from historical sources both real and invented. here are some examples of actual historical quotes that i used. he was never handsome, indeed, but he grew more and more cadaverous and ungainly month by month. in lincoln's washington — recollections of a journalist who knew everybody by wa crawford. i think in total there is 166 separate voices in

american also george saunders has won the prestigious man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo the book tells the story of abraham lincoln's grief for the death of his son saunders is the second american author ever to win the award worth more than fifty five thousand euros to syria now where residents of rock are taking stock of their devastated city a day after it was declared liberated from the so-called islamic state u.s. backed forces u.s. backed syrian forces took control of almost all the city from i os on tuesday the syrian city was the capital of the islamist groups supposed to caliphate after an assault lasting four months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flag in rock as main square. it's almost over we near the main roundabout and we haven't seen any i-s. fighters we haven't seen any need the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next two days. but you know how do i feel i'm flying look at me i'm so happy. jubilation on the spot known as the round up out of hell over the past three years as used for public beheadings and c

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american author george saunders has won the prestigious man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo book tells the story of abraham lincoln's grief after the death of his son saunders is the second american author ever to win the award worth more than fifty five thousand euros. you're watching d.w. news still to come with their coach your pint kiss on the hot seat we look at help by and are preparing for their champions league clash with scotland celtic. that's coming up in just a bit first though helena is back with a look at the sputtering efforts to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement that hit another snag terry would you believe it there is talks between the u.s. canada and mexico nafta now the three parties are saying that there are still significant gaps left to wrangle any of us that have set the date for the next round of talks and that's not until the first quarter of twenty eight the u.s. is threatening to leave the table but that would create even more problems than it would solve it in that case the rules of the world trade organization would kick in whic

lincoln in the bardo, george saunders. as debut novels go, this can't be bad.. do we respond to fear with exclusion and negative projection and violence? or do we take that ancient great leap of faith and do our best to respond with love? lincoln in the bardo tells the story of the american president's grief following the death of his young son. set on a single night but with hundreds of narrative voices, it explores themes of mortality, grief and the possibilities of life. everyone knows lincoln, everybody loves lincoln, so that was part of the reason i waited because it makes you cringe a little bit to take on somebody that large. as well as the prize, george saunders receives a cheque for £50,000. all this for a book the judges described as utterly original and deeply moving. tim allman, bbc news. the world's first floating wind farm has started delivering electricity to the scottish grid. five giant turbines have been tethered to the seabed about 15 miles from peterhead in aberdeenshire. the wind farm has been officially opened by nicola sturgeon, the first

just before we went on air, george saunders won the man booker prize for lincoln in the bardo, the storyg son, willy. please do not misunderstand. we have been mothers, fathers, husbands for many years, men who come here that first day, accompanied by crowds so vast and sorrowful, the damage offences beyond repair, young lives diverted here, a gentle quality stripped from us by that circumstance, who left behind husbands so tormented by the horror of those last moments, that they have never loved again. grandmothers, tolerant and frank, recipients of certain dark secrets, who by the quality of their own judging listening, run a tacit forgiveness. what i mean to say is, we have been considerable, have been loved, not lonely, not lost, not freakish, but wise, each in his or her own way, our departures cause pain. those who would love us sat upon their bed head and hands, lower their faces to table tops making animal noises, we have been loved, i say and remembering us, people would smile, briefly glad at the memory. we've got a raid in the forecast for tomorrow, certainly some rain about a

sheriff joseph laum bardo of the las vegas metropolitan police department confirmed today that the gunman's girlfriend, mary lou dannelly is officially person of interest in this and is currently in the philippines, which is also her birthplace. the fbi has been in contact with the government there as they attempt to get her back. more on that in a moment. the sheriff also confirmed the conman used a legally obtained device called a bump stock. it makes a semiautomatic rifle operate like a fully automatic machine gun. police say 12 such bump stocks were found at the scene. the police department also released a harrowing compilation of body cam footage of officers at the scene as they were initially trying to figure out where the shots were coming from. this shows the bravery and professionalism while under fire that witnesses spoke of all day yesterday. >> get down. get down. go that way. get out of here. go that way. go that way. [ gunshots ] >> at this point they're still trying to figure out where the rounds are coming from. >> let's talk about this. joining us tonight nbc news intellige

sheriff lom bardo did not say what that gear was. getting from sources he had a bulletproof vest and breathing apparatus. they may suggest he planned to exit and try and get out of there somehow. but every law enforcement official tells us there's no way he could have gotten out. >>> the deadly wildfires in california now burning out of control. at least 15 people have been killed, 2,000 buildings destroyed. take a look at these pictures out of santa rosa. even a fire station was reduced to rubble as winds topping 50 miles an hour fueled the interno. the scale of this disaster is growing by the hour. >> reporter: and wolf, we learned that authorities are still in the process of actually trying to evaluate people. that means the fire is still advancing on people's homes. we also learned there are still a lot of people reported missing, 183. now, that does not mean those people are feared dead, there just could be a problem with the communication. meantime, i want to step out of frame here. you can see the coffey park near santa rosa i

most prestigious awards, has gone to the american author george saunders for his novel lincoln in the bardo author to take home the £50,000 prize. the book is based on the true story of abraham lincoln's grief following the death of his young son in 1862. the prize was presented in london last night by the duchess of cornwall. this is a happy birthday message, really. in 1907, edward vii was on the throne, lord baden powell was leading the first—ever scout camp, and a ruddy kipling was the poet laureate. it was also the amy johnson was born, 110 years ago today. she has lived through 25 prime ministers and five monarchs. she moved from jamaica to cumbria in the early 1960s and is now one of only four super centenarians in the united kingdom. as you can see, reaching the marleston caught her by surprise. this is her daughter telling her how old she is. 110. 110? thank god. oh, ho! thank you, god. it is 110. 110 on wednesday? yes. 0h, god. it is 110. 110 on wednesday? yes. oh, thank you, god! she is brilliant. you do start to forget your age, honestly. people start to getting it at 56. when y

. >> and today the clark county sheriff joe laum bardo said paddock's girlfriend, mary lou dannelly is a person of interest. by the way, we understand she's on a plane back to the u.s. >> reporter: we understand the plane has actually just landed, don. we're hearing from the filipino bureau of investigation. and what we're learning is she did depart the country. it has already land in los angeles. what we do not know if she is getting on another flight here to las vegas, or if she's going to be working with authorities in los angeles. we don't know very much about her movements. what we do also know, don, is that she did travel the region. she had been in tokyo, the bureau of immigration telling us, telling cnn that she had left -- arrived into the philippines on september 15th from tokyo. and then she had traveled around the region to hong kong, returning to the philippines and had been there up until now when she departed today. don. >> all right, kyung lah with the latest on the investigation. i want to turn now to an amazing survival story. anthony was wounded in the mas but didn't

. >> sheriff lynn bardo says he's frustrated but he will not stop.ntil he can answer the question why this happened. >> brian: we still don't know how he died and why he would kill himself at that point with no one threatening. we had a totally different vision. is there a chance that he killed himself by mistake? >> i don't think so. i think you put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. it was totally by design. i don't know if he had designed on killing himself before all this but he knew he wasn't going to get out of there after he fired the rounds at the security guard. he knew that they know where he was. >> brian: they say he had an escape plan. and he was shooting at those tanks so that theory by the local newspaper ended up being corrected and confirmed. dan springer, thank you so much. i'm sure we will learn more tomorrow. another major news story, top of the conversation at your dinner table tonight. the nfl nationally and some controversy taking a dramatic turn. listen to this. espn's giving a two-week suspension to anchor and trump c

a bardo gallo -- alberto gallo stays with us.anus: we are live to the future investments form -- forum in saudi arabia. davos in the desert has been penciled in. ♪ anna: this is "daybreak: europe." 6:30 here in london. yuan.llar against the a lot of the action in the asian equity session has all of been around this has then all around china -- has been all around china. we are getting breaking news coming from corporate. manus: we have usual, let's get -- we have pujols, let's get the number was on that. they confirmed that target. given the september numbers that we just broke a couple weeks ago we saw card -- european car sales slide for the second month and the row. revenue fair up. the there raising the russian market growth target outlook to 8% from 5% in latin america, that is up as well. anna: this is a business that next month we are expecting to hear about. they spend it with the acquisition in august. we can expect a big focus on cost-cutting coming through from psa. let's get the lufthansa. tightening the grip on the g

obviously i am sure if joel bardo from las vegas county and i'm here to talk about the tragic event taking place and currently taking place at the mandalay bay of las vegas boulevard south. we experienced a net shooter situation, approximately 10:08 p.m. tonight this evening. we had calls coming to dispatch an multiple shots being fired from the direction of the mandalay bay towards the route 91 concert that was taking place on the east side of las vegas boulevard. through investigation and response, we determined a shooter in the 302nd floor of the mandalay bay. officers responded to that location and engaged the suspect at that location. he is dead currently. he has been identified. he's a local resident. i will not release his name at this time, but we are interested in a companion that is traveling with them in her name is -- i will provide you the name of police sunday said mary lou family marilou danley. she is an asian female approximately four-foot 11. waging 111 pounds. we have not located her at this time and we are interested in talking to her for follow-up. two vehicles were in

of the saddest a new bit of information that we've received from clark county sheriff for joseph bardos that the death toll has risen now from fifty eight earlier in the day to fifty nine and the number of injured has also increased significantly to five hundred twenty seven individuals the sheriff also said that numerous guns and explosives as well as electronic switches and that type of material have been recovered from the alleged gunman's house and that stephen paddick own is another house in another part of the state near the city of reno nevada and that swat teams and other. police officers and f.b.i. agents are getting ready if they have not done so already to break into that house and want to be very careful that it's not booby trapped in any way because again patrick has shown apparently some interest in explosives in addition to this. people who are civil. rifles that the mast and rob i see traffic behind you there i know you're not very far from the mandalay bay hotel on the las vegas of course is a city where people go to have fun how how are people coping with the shock of

lincoln in the bardo is about the death of abra ham lincoln‘s 11—year—old son and the president‘s griefthe books, and what about the people who have to pick the winner. i‘m joined by the independent crossbench peer baroness young, who is chair of thejudges this year. welcome to you. what were you looking for when you came to pick the winner? we look for a variety of things, we want something well written obviously that has value to the reader, feels like it isa value to the reader, feels like it is a gift to the reader. we like things that are provocative and stimulating, that make you feel it is worthwhile investing your time in engaging with this particular text. i think all of the writers on the short list fulfilled that ambition. how difficult has it been? very difficult, we started thinking about it and discussing it at ten o‘clock this morning and we did not finish until almost three o‘clock this afternoon. so it was a marathon. i was at a unanimous decision? i like to work in a very consensual way, we wanted to make sure everyone knew what it was we were picking the final winner

graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his dad eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of going from another daury which for me is usually you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things we're kind of talking to me then the story that gets produced is higher than the one i could have imagined in advance so that's kind of a leap of faith that you know you think it at fifty eight you should have some kind of mastery but i think the true master used to be willing to wade in this something and not be sure how it's going

officers serving that search warrant and we did hear moments ago, the clark county sheriff joe lom bardo that this will be a long and methodical investigation. >> can you tell us anything about this particular retirement community? >> reporter: well, it's a small communi community. it's a franchise. they do have different communities. around southern nevada. this is just one of them in mesquite. it's about an hour and a half northeast of las vegas. >> we thank you, karen castro on the scene. >>> jack owen had just finished performing at the strip. we spoke to him earlier this evening by phone. you were there, how are you processing this? it's very, very upsetting. >> i'm just blown away. i'm sitting here inside a bus, a hundred feet from the stage that i was standing on when this started happening. watching the news saying there are more than 50 deseased and more than 200 injured. we were in the middle of it. the shots started being fired, you could hear it ricocheting off the top of the roof, we started running. you didn't know where it was coming from. with about 20 people crouched beh

most prestigious awards, has gone to the american author george saunders for his novel lincoln in the bardoond us author to take home the £50,000 prize. the book is based on the true story of abraham lincoln's grief following the death of his young son in 1862. the prize was presented in london last night by the duchess of cornwall. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30am. let's get some sport now with hugh. it is looking good in the champions league. well, it was quite a night for three british clubs in the champions league. very good results indeed for spurs, manchester city and liverpool — they didn't all win but when you consider spurs had never even scored a goal against the 12—time european champions real madrid — their point away in the bernabeu looks all the better. spurs took the lead against the run of play really thanks to a raphael varane own goal before none other than the world's best player cristiano ronaldo stepped up to equalise from the penalty spot. a draw was a fair result. manchester city faced napoli. it endedin manchester city faced napoli. it ended i

bardo is the tibetan form of purgatory? an understanding about his life, then be freed and go on to heaven but the story is basically when lincoln was president supposedly, his son passed away and he went into the crypt on several occasions to view the body so that spoke to me, just the level of grief that would drive a person to do that. then of course he had to leave and fight the war so just the profundity of that evening, you know. it was a fairly chance remark on a visit to washington that planted the seed of this idea in your mind? yes, we were driving by a graveyard and my wife's cousin said did you know, and told the story. it got into my head but i didn't think i could write the book, soi didn't think i could write the book, so i stored it at the 20 years and in 2012 i said, if it's not now, when? you are very modest and self—deprecating in the things i have read about you, so how does it feel to be awarded this prize? do you think of it as validation? as somebody with lifelong low self—esteem, it is very validatin