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South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends a press conference, in Seoul

Arts Oct 06

WATCH: South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature

By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press

Arts Oct 13

American poet Louise Gluck, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature, poses outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on December 7, 2020. Photo provided by Nobel Prize Outreach/Daniel Ebersole/Handout via REUTERS
Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

Over more than 60 years of published work, Glück forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis and longing, spelled by moments — but only moments — of ecstasy and contentment.

By Associated Press

Nation Oct 06

Mass shooting at daycare in Uthai Sawan
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News Wrap: Dozens of children and adults killed by attacker in Thailand

In our news wrap Thursday, an attacker armed with guns and a knife stormed into a daycare center in Thailand and massacred dozens of children and adults, a federal judge halted key provisions of New York's sweeping gun law and…

Arts Oct 05

Nobel Prize in Literature 2022
WATCH: Annie Ernaux, French author of deeply personal works, wins Nobel Prize in literature

Ernaux has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, illuminating murky corners of memory, family and society.

Arts Sep 28

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature
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Gurnah’s latest novel ‘Afterlives’ explores effects of colonial rule in East Africa

Abdulrazak Gurnah is receiving worldwide attention after being awarded last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. His latest novel “Afterlives” is set in colonial East Africa occupied by Germany in the early 20th century. Gurnah writes of individuals caught up in…

By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet

Oct 06

WATCH: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature

The award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”…

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Oct 10

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News Wrap: Zelenskiy denies Trump tried to blackmail him

In our news wrap Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied President Trump sought to blackmail him over military aid to Ukraine. Zelenskiy also vowed that his country would investigate whether Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, Apple…

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Aug 06

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Remembering Toni Morrison’s ‘beautiful human urgency’

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. The acclaimed writer, editor and professor helped transform American literature, bringing forth a black perspective that had rarely been heard. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Princeton University’s Tracy…

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Oct 13

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

By Larisa Epatko

He’s gotten a presidential honor and performed for a pope. Now musician Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize in literature.

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Aug 04

Svetlana Alexievich’s stories of life, longing and suffering under Soviet rule

By Jeffrey Brown

"Secondhand Time" is the first book by Alexievich to appear in English since she was awarded the Nobel and it continues her series of works exploring the long sweep of Soviet culture and politics.

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