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4 days ago · Alexis Leger (French: [ləʒe]; 31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975), better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse ([sɛ̃ d͜ʒɔn pɛʁs]; also Saint-Leger Leger), [1] was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the...
4 days ago · Richard Goodman is the author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France, The Soul of Creative Writing, A New York Memoir and The Bicycle Diaries: One New Yorker’s Journey Through 9/11. He taught creative nonfiction writing at the University of New Orleans from 2011 - 2022 His website is www.richardgoodman.org
3 days ago · In the hearts of French readers, the homeland of Russell Banks (1940-2023), Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) and Paul Auster (1947-2024) – to name but a few of these recently departed legends – has ...
1 day ago · This list of LGBTQ writers includes writers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer or otherwise non-heterosexual, non-heteroromantic or non-cisgender who have written about LGBTQ themes, elements or about LGBTQ issues (such as Jonny Frank).
5 days ago · Richard Wright (1908 - 1960) was an African American writer known for Native Son, Black Boy, Uncle Tom's Children, and more. His literature dealt with racial themes, including discrimination and violence.
4 days ago · “It would be good if we got science students writing constantly so they could be … more fun [when they write],” she says. Messud always knew she wanted to be a writer. As a child, she wrote poems, short stories, and unfinished novels. Sources of literary inspiration include Kant, Camus, Rachel Cusk, Alice Neel, and Marlene Dumas, among ...
5 days ago · Nobel Prize - Literature, Authors, Awards: The table provides a chronological list of recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
