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We look back on our 1996 interview with French author Annie Ernaux, who was named the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This morning, the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to the French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.” Annie Ernaux is the author of some twenty works of... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-06 11:09:56 UTC ]
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When Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, not nearly enough people had read anything by the Tanzanian-born writer. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-23 16:53:54 UTC ]
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The times they are a-changin’: Bob Dylan’s first book in eighteen years is coming out this November via Simon & Schuster. It will be Dylan’s first published book since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. According to Simon & Schuster, The Philosophy of Modern Song is a... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-03-09 17:15:40 UTC ]
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His novels and short stories are populated with refugees from war, colonialism and historical injustice Continue reading at 'The Economist'
[ The Economist | 2021-10-07 16:46:03 UTC ]
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The Swedish Academy awarded the prize to the Tanzanian author whose English-language novels include “Paradise,” “By the Sea” and “Desertion.” Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-07 11:03:10 UTC ]
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The U.K.-based English-language Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” He is the fifth... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Carlo Collodi’s version of Donkey Skin, by French author Charles Perrault, will appear in a new collection of Italian fairytalesCarlo Collodi is remembered today for Pinocchio, his 1881 children’s story about a puppet who turns into a real boy, immortalised on screen by Disney. Now another... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-10-01 13:46:15 UTC ]
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The Nigerian writer, the first sub-Saharan winner of the Nobel Prize, discusses 'Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth.' Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-09-23 13:00:36 UTC ]
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Created in 2011, Sci-Hub is the largest free repository of scholarly articles in the world. Or rather, it is the largest shadow library of pirated articles that exists. And its creator, Kazakh researcher Alexandra Elbakyan deserves a Nobel Prize for her work as a modern Robin Hood. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-04 12:32:57 UTC ]
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Walter Isaacson's 'The Code Breaker,' about Nobel Prize–winning CRISPR chemist Jennifer Doudna, is the #5 book in the country. Plus the heroine of Kate Quinn's latest historical cracks 'The Rose Code,' and Floret Farm's Erin Benzakein says it with dahlias. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ishiguro’s first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in 2017 is a delicate, haunting story, steeped in sorrow and hope. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-02 16:46:21 UTC ]
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Many have highlighted the potential benefits of reading translated literature, and with novels like Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, it seems that translated works are performing better than ever. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 00:35:04 UTC ]
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Deal covers 600 songs including Blowin’ in the Wind and Knockin’ on Heaven’s DoorUniversal Music has struck a deal to buy the rights to Bob Dylan’s entire catalogue of 600 songs, from Blowin’ in the Wind to Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, in the biggest music publishing deal in decades.Dylan, whose... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-12-07 12:40:36 UTC ]
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." This story is developing. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Theoretical physicist and Princeton University Press author Roger Penrose has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, with Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, for his work on black holes. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 00:04:24 UTC ]
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Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017, will be published by Faber & Faber on 2nd March 2021. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-16 08:35:46 UTC ]
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Kazuo Ishiguro has sold a new novel, which marks his first since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. 'Klara and the Sun,' narrated by "an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities," is set for March 2021, Knopf said. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the publishing world, it seems like winning the Nobel Prize just isn’t what it used to be. A Deutsche Welle interview with Lucien Leitess, director of the Swiss publishing house Unionsverlag, explored the business of predicting a Nobel laureate’s commercial success. The controversy... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-11 19:54:24 UTC ]
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Every now and then I encounter people who can’t suspend disbelief. They ask how I can write about ‘such terrible things’Feeling unappreciated is your lot as a writer. Few readers; no readers. Scathing reviews; no reviews. Publishers saying, “Don’t call us, we’ll call you” or not taking a punt on... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-03 17:00:27 UTC ]
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