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Ishiguro, Kazuo
(Encyclopedia) Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954–, English novelist, b. Nagasaki. His family left Japan in 1960 and immigrated to England, where he attended the universities of Kent (B.A., 1978) and East Anglia…Tokarczuk, Olga
(Encyclopedia) Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962–, Polish writer. Widely considered the foremost Polish novelist of her generation, she also is politically active and has been a frequent critic of Poland's right…Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of December 20, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from various flight cancellations to holiday tragedies . Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…Lively, Dame Penelope
(Encyclopedia) Lively, Dame Penelope, 1933–, English novelist, b. Cairo, Egypt, moved to London at 12 when her parents divorced, grad. Oxford (1954). Her earliest books were children's novels—the…Ondaatje, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Ondaatje, Michael (Philip Michael Ondaatje)Ondaatje, Michaeländätˈchā [key], 1943–, Canadian writer, b. Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Immigrating (1962) to Canada, he attended the…Black History
Notable Speeches and Letters by African Americans, From Benjamin Banneker to Barack Obama Selected Essays in Black History Contents Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe…Book, Magazine & Newspaper Awards - Caldecott Medal, Man Booker Prize, National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award - Infoplease.com
Discover who won the top awards in book, magazine, and newspaper writing and publishing. Decades of winners of the Man Booker Prize, the Newbery Medal, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the…McEwan, Ian
(Encyclopedia) McEwan, Ian (Ian Russell McEwan)McEwan, Ianməky&oomacr;ˈən [key], 1948–, English novelist, b. Aldershot, B.A. Univ. of Sussex, 1970, M.A. Univ. of East Anglia, 1971. His early…Byatt, A. S.
(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…African American Education: Top 50 Colleges, Education Milestones, Black Colleges
African American Education: Top 50 Colleges, Education Milestones, Black Colleges Black History Month is observed every February in the United States. Learn about the best colleges for African…Trending
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