 The Guardian | A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes NPR A prolific writer, Fuentes wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as political nonfiction and essays that criticized the Mexican government during the 1980s and '90s. Along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Julio Cortazar, ... Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 Deaths elsewhere for May 17, 2012 Mexican writer who captured the complex essence of his country |
 Daily Monitor | At 'sweet 16', Femrite waves Uganda's literature flag high Daily Monitor It was a real “sweet-16” birthday party, complete with a cake whose icing was the launch of the latest short-story anthology, Summoning the Rains. But for me, it was a time to reflect on the evolution of Ugandan literature in the last 50 years of our ... |
WWA to honor novelist Estleman with Owen Wister Award MarketWatch (press release) ... Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions to the literature of the West. Estleman has won Spur Awards from WWA for his novels "The Undertaker's Wife," "Journey of the Dead" and "Aces & Eights," and short stories "The Bandit" and "The Alchemist. |
Rea Award Winner Annnounced Litchfield County Times After mulling it over, we both decided that the short story was the perfect literary art form for the digital age. For one thing, it's implied brevity makes it something that can naturally be experienced on mobile devices, and during interludes in the ... |
 CBS News | Carlos Fuentes dies at 83; Mexican novelist Los Angeles Times The prolific author of more than 20 books, including novels, short story collections, essays and often-scolding commentaries, Fuentes was among those most responsible for raising the profile of the hemisphere's Spanish-language literature in the second ... Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 Mexican Novelist, Essayist Carlos Fuentes Dies |
 CBS Local | NDP grad wins literary prize, and more from Calvert Hall, Jemicy, Mt. St. Joseph Examiner.com Earlier this week, Kathryn J. Manion, a member of Notre Dame Preparatory School's Class of 2008, was awarded the nation's largest student literary award, Washington College's Sophie Kerr Prize. A short-story writer, Manion will receive the award at her ... Sophie Kerr prize winner displayed writing talent in high school |
New Gay Author, EMER, to Pen Collection of Short Stories Lez Get Real You can find a collection of his short stories (some in process, some completed) on his web page; http://emer420.hubpages.com/. He is a fabulous young gay man (yes boys, he's single!) writing from the view of a small town American. |
 The Hindu | Timeless appeal The Hindu This year Saadat Hasan Manto's centenary is being observed by those who have read his haunting short stories and pen portraits in Urdu or their translated versions; transliterated in the case of Hindi. Early life Manto was born in a village in Ludhiana ... |
'Canada,' by Richard Ford: review San Francisco Chronicle ... $27.99) As a much-anthologized short-story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award, and, most notably, author of a celebrated trilogy of novels, Richard Ford has muscled his way into the center of America's literary world. |
Sydney Writers' Festival: Melanie Joosten, Rohan Wilson, Jennifer Mills Sydney Morning Herald AWARDS: 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers; 2008-9 Commonwealth Short Story Competition (Pacific region); and 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: best short story. DAY JOB: Full-time writer. |
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