Saturday Folklore Link Bonanza

Lots and lots of folklore happenings this week, including the passing of another major influence on contemporary folklore studies:

• Turkish folklorist and novelist Hayrettin Ivgin was awarded the Pushkin Prize for his contributions to world literature. He is supposedly more popular in the former Soviet Union than in his native Turkey.
• Awards season is upon us - the American Folklore Society has posthumously awarded its Aesop prize for Children's Folklore to Nona Beamer for her book Naupaka.
• Dell Hymes has passed away after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Professor Hymes held influence over innumerable fields such as Sociolinguistics, Anthropology and Folklore. While having been long associated with my alma mater - The University of Virginia - Professor Hymes was gearing up for retirement by the time I did my graduate study/indentured servitude. I never had the opportunity to meet the man, but his name resounded throughout the halls on the grounds. The Washington post has his obituary, UVA has an official press release, The Daily Progress has an obituary, and Jason Baird Jackson has an appreciation.
• The Aesop Accolade Award - also awarded by the AFS - went to Orville Hicks and Julia Taylor Ebel for the book Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns.
• Folklore Forum has put out a call for papers on Cultural Manifestations of Violence.
• Short article about the work of Brigham Young University-Hawaii dean/researcher Philip McArthur.
• I am so looking forward to seeing the movie "The Book of Masters" - Disney's first foray into Russian-language filmmaking. The New York Times has an article about the making of the film.

Keep folklorin'!