Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that the prize judges called “a monument to suffering and…
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CANADA’S ALICE MUNRO WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE
By HILLEL ITALIE and MALIN RISING FILE – This June 25, 2009 file photo shows Canadian Author Alice Munro at a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Munro has…
‘DON’T BE AFRAID’: FINAL WORDS FROM SEAMUS HEANEY
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK FILE – Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995 photo from files showing Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displaying his Nobel literature prize medal, surrounded by his family, from left:…
IRISH POET NOBEL WINNER SEAMUS HEANEY DIES AT 74
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK FILE – A Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004 photo from files showing former Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney speaking during a rehearsal for the Northern Irish national…
APNEWSBREAK: AUTHOR BERRY WINS OHIO PEACE AWARD
By DAN SEWELL In this March 10, 2011 photo, author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky. For his career of writings about the…
ADAM JOHNSON WINS FICTION PULITZER
By HILLEL ITALIE This undated photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board shows Adam Johnson, who was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for “The Orphan Master’s Son,” on…