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Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dead at 84

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NEW YORK — Richard Robinson, who as the longtime head of Scholastic Inc. presided over such bestsellers as J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter” novels and...

David Diop wins International Booker Prize with WWI story

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LONDON — A harrowing but poetic tale of comradeship, colonialism and the horrors of war won the International Booker Prize for fiction on Wednesday. ...

Delaware student wins $65K literary prize

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CHESTERTOWN, Md. — A student from Delaware has won the nation’s largest undergraduate literary prize. ...

US writer, feminist Gloria Steinem wins major Spanish prize

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MADRID — A Spanish foundation on Wednesday awarded one of the country’s most prestigious awards to U.S. writer and activist Gloria Steinem. ...

Poet Carl Phillips wins $75,000 Jackson Prize

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NEW YORK — Poet Carl Phillips has received a $75,000 honor for a body of work which displays “exceptional talent.” ...

New fiction from Albom and Groff excerpted in free e-book

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NEW YORK — A free e-book compilation includes excerpts from upcoming works by Mitch Albom, Lauren Groff, Rick Riordan and dozens of other writers....

Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serbia's nationalist...

Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serbia's nationalist...

Bosnia Serbs honor controversial Nobel Literature winner

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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serbs on Friday honored the controversial 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist...

Holocaust survivor who led Yad Vashem memorial dies at 94

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JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust survivor and scholar who was the director of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial for more than two decades,...