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Chiung Yao: Top Chinese language writer dies in apparent suicide
Chiung Yao’s debut novel Outside The Window, which was inspired by her own love story with her high school teacher,…
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Africa
South African writer and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach dies aged 85
In 1975, at the height of his literary fame, he made a clandestine return to South Africa, where he was…
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France alarmed by disappearance of writer Sansal in Algeria
By Friday there had been no official reaction in Algeria to the French concerns. Former prime minister Edouard Philippe said…
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Literature:
Garth Greenwell: ‘For me, Frank Bidart is the most important living US writer’ | Books
My earliest reading memoryThe earliest book I remember reading and loving was Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon. A boy imagines…
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British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel Orbital | Arts and Culture News
Judges say award recognises the ‘beauty and ambition’ of the 136-page novel set on board the International Space Station. British…
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Space
New ‘Star Wars’ trilogy set at Lucasfilm with ‘Rebels’ writer and producer Simon Kinberg
Just when we thought Disney and Lucasfilm had figured out the next few years of Star Wars movies, another curveball…
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Real Estate
Writer Ann Marlowe’s West Village Townhouse
Everything about Ann Marlowe’s townhouse was surprising, including the view from the front door. Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Price: $3.9…
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Literature:
Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024 | Books
British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year’s PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old…
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Cinema
‘Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ Writer Was 87
Allan Blye, an Emmy-winning writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “Van Dyke and Company,” died Friday morning at…
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Cinema
Lone Star Writer on Tarlos in Season 5 Premiere, Series Finale Plans
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 premiere of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star.” As we go on, we…
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