Topic: Literary Awards
AP News | 2010-03-11 00:22:16
Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation
An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation. Gail Hareven's novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction. It was written in Hebrew and translated by Dalya Bilu for Melville House Press. The ...
AP News | 2010-02-23 16:37:48
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Sherman Alexie is shown at the 58th National Book Awards in New York. Alexie is among this year's finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The nominees for the fiction prize worth ...
AP News | 2010-02-14 06:42:27
<div id="subtitle">Poet Lucille Clifton, National Book Award winner and Pulitzer finalist, dies in Maryland at 73</div><div><p>Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer finalist, has died. She was 73.</p><p>Clifton's sister, Elaine Philip of Buffalo, N.Y., said ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-27 08:11:06
<div><p>Poet Christopher Reid has been declared the surprise winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work".</p><p>The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm ...
