AP News: Mexican author wins Spain Cervantes letters prize
AP News: Mexican author wins Spain Cervantes letters prize.
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Lynn Coady Wins The 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Lynn Coady has been named the 2013 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short story collection Hellgoing, published by House of Anansi Press. via Lynn Coady Wins The 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Monday Miscellany: Big Literary News Edition
Meet Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature The big literary news of last week was the announcement of Canadian writer Alice Munro as recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Munro is generally considered to be the current master of the short-fiction form. The announcement generated a lot of articles about Munro’s
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Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature – NYTimes.com Canadian writer Alice Munro, master of the short-fiction form, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature: Ms. Munro revolutionized the architecture of short stories, often beginning a story in an unexpected place, then moving backward or forward in time. She brought a modesty and subtle wit
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2013 Dayton Peace Prize Winners Announced
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards committee announced yesterday that Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon and The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson have been named the winners of the 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction and fiction, respectively. via 2013 Dayton Peace Prize Winners Announced.
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11 Required Reading Books You Should Re-Read Now That You’re Older Madeleine Crum thinks you’d benefit from rereading these books that you were probably required to struggle through in English classes while growing up. I have actually reread several of these in recent years, and I agree with her assessment that they have much more
Hugo Rising: The nominees for science fiction’s best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old
Hugo Rising: The nominees for science fiction’s best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old – Arts – The Austin Chronicle the Hugos maintain a certain representative importance, presenting what many in the greater publishing industry see as the face of science fiction. This year’s five nominees offer a snapshot of some
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In ‘Alphabet’ Mysteries, ‘S’ Is Really For Santa Barbara It’s good to catch up with one of my favorite mystery writers, Sue Grafton, creator of private investigator Kinsey Millhone (rhymes with brimstone): The next book will be “W” Is for Wasted. Grafton promises “z” will be for “zero” — and after she finishes that one,
Announcing the 2013 PEN Literary Award Winners | PEN American Center
Announcing the 2013 PEN Literary Award Winners | PEN American Center PEN America announced today the winners and runners-up of the 2013 PEN Literary Awards, the most comprehensive literary awards program in the country. This year’s recipients include Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo, former Poet Laureate Robert Hass, acclaimed playwright Larry Kramer, co-editors of Mother
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Man Booker longlist ‘most diverse’ in prize’s history, say judges | Books | guardian.co.uk
Judges for the 2013 Man Booker prize have drawn up what is “surely the most diverse” longlist in the prize’s history, they say, naming 13 books by authors who are mostly far from being household names. Only two authors on the list have been nominated for the prize before: Jim Crace is listed for his