David Ferry, Poet and Translator Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 99

After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a National Book Award when he was 86. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

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Poet Lucia Perillo dies at age 58

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Liverpool University Press chair David Attwooll dies

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Poet Gregory Pardlo: 'I won the Pulitzer: why am I invisible?'

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The Life-Changing Magic of Translations

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Gaylord Shaw dies at 73; journalist won a Pulitzer for The Times in 1978

Gaylord Shaw, a renowned journalist who broke the news of Richard Nixon's resignation and won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1978 for the Los Angeles Times, has died at age 73. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Translating Steve Jobs’ Life into a Graphic Novel

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'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Gets New Life

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Terry Pratchett, acclaimed fantasy author, dies

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Acclaimed 'Discworld' author Terry Pratchett dies aged 66

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Philip Levine, Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Dies at 87

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Comic David Mitchell rails at Amazons cynical life-crushing business style

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Terry Eagleton: A Late-Life Return to Religion

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Women Translators on Women in Translation: ‘Translations Are Already a Hard Sell’

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Paradox Interactive closes Life By You’s studio after canceling the life sim game

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US Poet Laureate Ada Limon is publishing a new anthology of 50 poems by 50 poets.

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