Wonderful news, Alexyz! A well-deserved honour. My heartiest congratulations. Warm personal regards, Victor
________________________________ From: Goanet A-C-E! <goa...@goanet.org> To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:15 AM Subject: [Goanet] Dr Pedro Alexandre award to cartoonist Alexyz Dr Pedro Alexandre award to cartoonist Alexyz The 5th Dr Pedro Alexandre Amor Cabral Adao memorial 2011 award will be awarded to cartoonist Alexyz Raphael Fernandes. Alexyz has been doing cartoons for over three decades in Goa for all the established newspapers and magazine. He has also cartooned for Bombay based papers like the Indian Express, The Sunday Observer, Midday, The Readers Digest, etc. Presently he does a daily cartoon for the Gomantak Times and monthly for Goa Today. The award has been institued by the Konkoni Songit Somajik Kala Kendra Taleigao in memory of the former Consul Geral de Portugal in Goa. The function will be held at Black Box, Kala Academy, Campal, Panjim, Goa on January 23 at 11.30am Alexyz most significant work included his long agitation to make Konkani the State language. He is the author of 4 books - SPORTOONS, HOWZZAT! A Century of Cricket Cartoons; Goa: Paradise Lost and Goa...Goan...Goaing...Gone..? The awards include: Jaycees Goa, Vincent Verodiana Award, USA, Special Award for Humor, Portugal. He has been invited for exhibitions from the House of Commons, England; San Francisco, USA; Toronto, Canada; Lisbon, Portugal; Kuwait and Dubai, UAE; Melbourme, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. ========================================================= First published in Gomantak Times, Goa - January 21, 2012 Goanet A-C-E! Arts ~ Culture ~ Entertainment www.goanet.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
