Kwihotele de la Reconquista, e-Oviedo, bekukho imithambo-luvo emininzi ngale ntsasa Ushicilelo lwe-XXXVI lwe-2016 yeNkosazana ye-Asturias Award yeeleta, apho ababhali bezizwe ezili-16 ezahlukeneyo bakhetha (ukusuka e-China ukuya e-Argentina).
Okokugqibela, imvulophu ibonakalisile ukuba ophumeleleyo ubephumelele URichard Ford, Umbhali waseMelika oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala owaziwayo ngamabali enza i i collage Uluntu lwaseYankee lukhuphe ukugqibelela kwiincwadi ezinje ngeNxalenye yeNtliziyo Yam okanye iNtatheli yezeMidlalo, isebenza ngokugqithileyo kubomi bomntu.
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Wazalelwa ngo-1944 eJackson (eUnited States), UFord wayengumntwana onedyslexic onomdla wokufumana amabakala amabi kunye ne-aleji yokufunda. Ngapha koko, waqala ukufunda ukusukela kwiminyaka ye-18, nangona ukuqonda kwakhe kokufunda kuye kwamkhokelela ukuba aqonde kwizihlandlo ezininzi ukuba "akazukufunda zonke iincwadi awayezifuna" ngenxa yokurhuqa ukusilela kwakhe kobuntwana.
Nangona kunjalo, ubungqina bokuba akukaze kufike mva xa uFord, onwabile ngeli hlabathi litsha leeleta, wagqiba ekubeni abe ngumbhali, endaweni yoko umbalisi wobunzima kunye nemidlalo yoluntu lwaseMelika oluchazwe ngumbhali kwincwadi yakhe yokuqala, A Inxalenye yentliziyo yam (1976), umzekelo wenoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho ebekwe kuMfula iMississippi, kunye neThe Last Chance (1981), egxile kumlo wamandulo waseVietnam.
Emva kokufunda ukubhala ngobuchule, wazinikezela ekubhaliseni ukupapashwa kwezemidlalo, kuba wayeyikhathalele iMidlalo eyaziwayo eyayibonisa ukuba ngubani owamnyanzelayo ukuba aziphinde azenzele intsomi. Ngeli xesha wayeza kupapasha u-El journalista deportivo, egxile kumbhali ogqiba kwelokuba asebenze njengentatheli yezemidlalo, eyayiza kuthi kungekudala emva kokuba ibe ngowona msebenzi wakhe waziwa.
Onke la mabali, azama ukukhupha olona langazelelo lusondeleyo kuluntu lwaseMntla Melika olubonwe ngamehlo eFord engagungqiyo kodwa ezimiseleyo, ibe sisizathu sokuba umbhali afumane ngale ntsasa I-50 lamawaka eerandi zePrincess of Asturias Award, imbasa, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaJoan Miró kunye nendumiso yijaji eye yabeka ityala kwisigqibo sayo ngomsebenzi "owenza iFord ibe ngumbalisi wamabali kwaye, kwangaxeshanye, ngumbhali-mbali omkhulu womfanekiso wamabali anqamlezileyo oluntu lwaseMelika."
Ngaba ukhe wafunda nantoni na evela kwaFord?
Molo Alberto.
Linomdla kangakanani ibali likaRichard Ford. Igama lokugqibela laseMelika, ngendlela. Ukuba xa wayesemncinci okanye ekwishumi elivisayo, waxelela abazali bombhali, abamelwane kunye nabahlobo ukuba uza kulifumana eli bhaso, ngebabehle kakhulu. Ke ngoko, akukho nto inokuze ithethwe. Ngamanye amaxesha izinto ezingenakwenzeka okanye ezingenakwenzeka zenzeka.
Andizange ndifunde nantoni na evela kwaFord. Ngapha koko, ayivakali ngathi iyinto kum.
Ndikuxelele malunga nekhosi ye-MOOC kuGabriel García Márquez?
Ukusuka e-Oviedo, umbuliso wombhalo.
I-PS: "i-ford" ngesiNgesi ithetha "i-wade." Kwimeko yakhe, kunokuthiwa uboyisile ngempumelelo ubunzima bolwimi kwaye akakhange athathwe sisifo se-dyslexia kunye namabanga aphantsi.