Literature Prizes

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – High ranking for Heights Libraries: Heights Libraries again received the highest possible rating in Library Journal‘s Public Library Service Index. This means that it received a five-star rating, an annual rating that is only given to the best American libraries. The just released Star Library report …

After two years of substandard work at Duke University, Ms von Nardroff was suspended for a semester. She described herself in This Week as having been a “rebellious, raccoon skin and champagne rebel of the 1920s”. She studied diligently after being reinstated, majoring in English, and graduated in 1947. She …

Views of the publication: 91 Iliyan Kuzmanov has been officially appointed FilmDaily’s the world’s sexiest writer for 2021, beating hundreds of other novelists around the world. It serves as a feather in the hat of a wonderful year for the Bulgarian author, activist, journalist and traveler. The other nine writers …

Support students and educators with N1.7million A group under the auspices of Tongston Holdings blamed the rising illiteracy rate in northern Nigeria on deprivation of education. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the group, Ing. Bello Mohammed Tongo said this yesterday in Gombe State when presenting prizes …

Born: May 7, 1960 Passed away: November 27, 2021 Almudena Grandes, award-winning Spanish writer and ardent feminist who rose to fame with an erotic novel about a woman rebelling against social norms, died on November 27 at her home in Madrid. She was 61 years old. She had been treated …

LONDON (AP) – The 2021 Nobel Laureates will start receiving their awards on Monday at small-scale local ceremonies suited to times of a pandemic. For a second year, the coronavirus scuttled the traditional formal banquet in Stockholm attended by the winners of the chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and economics awards. …

Experts explored the role of translation in bringing cultures together and discussed new tools and techniques in the fields of literary translation, news translation, political translation and linguistic interpretation. The forum hosted the Kingdom’s first audiovisual translation challenge for students, hobbyists and professionals in the field of translation. RIYAD – …

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The Kazinform Timeline is the one-stop-shop where you can learn about the historical events of December 3rd. Find out what notable events occurred throughout Kazakhstan’s history on December 3. APPOINTMENT International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations-sanctioned day that is celebrated on December 3 …

Fellows Leonie Charlton, Nicole Carter, Anna Fleming, JR Carpenter, Jane Burn and Rose Proudfoot. Photo by Henry Iddon Photography + Film + Words The Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize is a partnership between the Future Places Center at Lancaster University, Eden North, the Kendal Mountain Literature Festival, the …

Thomas Brasch, who lived from 1945 to 2001, was a rebel in his life and work, handed over to the East German secret police Stas by his own father, when he staged protests in Berlin after the Prague Spring. The film is a tribute to this eternally restless soul, but …