Fouad Ajami Passes Away at 68
Fouad Ajami, "often described as among the foremost scholars of the modern Arab and Islamic worlds" passed away on Sunday, June 22nd. Ajami rallied support for the United States invasion of Iraq in...
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Salman Rushdie Awarded 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize
Salman Rushdie, acclaimed author of many books including Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, and Shalimar the Clown, has been awarded the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. This prize, established in memory...
View ArticleEvie Wyld wins $60,000 Miles Franklin Award for All the Birds, Singing
British author Evie Wyld has won this year's Miles Franklin literary award for her novel All the Birds, Singing. The Miles Franklin award, which is awarded annually to a novel that best presents...
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2014 PEN Literary Award Winners
The PEN American Center has announced the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. Please join us in congratulating the following Random House authors: Journalist and cultural critic James Wolcott won...
View ArticleJim Crace and Hermione Lee win 2014 James Tait Black Prizes
The University of Edinburgh has announced the winners of the 2014 James Tait Black Prizes. Please join us in congratulating Prof Dame Hermione Lee, who won the biography prize for Penelope Fitzgerald:...
View ArticleMan Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
Congratulations to the following Random House authors, who have been shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Richard Flanagan, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Ali Smith,...
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Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven a National Book Award Finalist
Congratulations to Knopf author, Emily St. John Mandel, who has been selected as a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction for her novel, Station Eleven. The mission of the National Book...
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2014 Man Booker Winner: Richard Flanagan's A Narrow Road to the Deep North
Please join us in congratulating Australian author Richard Flanagan, who has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. "The two great themes from the...
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Anthony Marra wins Athens Prize for Literature, is shortlisted for Prix...
Hogarth author Anthony Marra has won the prestigious Athens Prize for Literature for his acclaimed novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. The prize, comprising both Greek novels and foreign novels...
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Mark Strand Passes Away at 80
We deeply mourn the death of poet Mark Strand, who passed away on 29 November 2014 in Brooklyn, New York. Strand authored many books of poems, a book of stories, and three volumes of translations. He...
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Ken Haruf Passes Away at 71
We are deeply saddened to report the death of Kent Haruf on 30 November 2014 at the age of 71. Haruf was the author of several novels set in the small town of Holt, Colorado, including Plainsong...
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Lee Sandlin Passes Away at 58
We are sad to announce that Lee Sandlin died suddenly on December 13th at his home in Chicago. He was 58. Sandlin's Editor, Timothy O'Connell, said, "Lee was a true American bard, a storyteller of the...
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Ali Smith wins Costa Book Novel Award for How to be Both
The 2014 Costa Book Award category winners have been announced. Please join us in congratulating Ali Smith, who has won the Novel Award for How to be Both. The Costa Book Award, formerly known as the...
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Jhumpa Lahiri wins $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Congratulations to Jhumpa Lahiri, who has won the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel The Lowland. The chair of judges, Keki Daruwalla, described The Lowland as "a superb novel...
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Finalists for 2014 National Book Critics Circle Awards; Sandrof Lifetime...
The National Book Critics Circle has announced finalists for its annual literary awards, given to the best autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, general nonfiction, and poetry of 2014. Please...
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