Topic: United States
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Serbian-American author Tea Obreht on Wednesday became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The Tiger's Wife.The 25-year-old, born in Belgrade, accepted the £30,000 prize at a ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall."It is a ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner on Wednesday of Britain's Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel "The Tiger's Wife," a mystical, magical examination of the recent conflicts in the Balkans.At 25, Obreht is the youngest ...
A growing number of us areA growing number of us are neither-nors -- neither ready to retire nor able to afford it.The biggest demographic shift of the 21st century is under way. In 1900, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was ...
Shin Kyung-Sook took South Koreans by storm with "Please Look After Mom", her poignant novel of family love which sold 1.7 million copies domestically. Now it is going international.The book sold more than 100,000 copies in the United States just a few ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Americans looking to understand Libya, scene of a bloody revolt and the latest U.S. military campaign, the writer and poet Khaled Mattawa has become an unlikely guide.The Libyan-American, who left his homeland in 1979 but has been ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The prince of coffee table books believes paper books are dead. Now he wants to be king of the app.Since 1980, Nicholas Callaway has made the finest of design-driven books, building a publishing house and his fortune on ...
Thriller writer John Le Carre asked Wednesday that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.The best-selling spy novelist was among 13 authors in consideration for the 60,000 pound ...
Thriller writer John Le Carre asked Wednesday that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.The best-selling spy novelist was among 13 authors in consideration for the 60,000 pound ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Anjelica Huston is writing a memoir that will detail her problematic relationship with her prolific filmmaker father, John Huston, as well as her former relationship with actor Jack Nicholson, Scribner books said on Tuesday.The 59-year-old Huston will ...
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