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20 hours ago · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
- Modern
- American Realism
- from 1863
3 hours ago · Duran Duran and Blondie Bring the Rapture to Cruel World Festival 23 hours ago ... Born Alice Laidlaw in Ontario, Canada, she often wrote about women living in small towns in the province.
3 hours ago · The Canadian writer was known for her masterfully crafted short stories. Throughout her long career, she earned a number of prestigious awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
4 hours ago · Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
3 hours ago · The writer Alice Munro has died, at the age of 92. The news was confirmed by her publisher, Penguin Random House Canada. Munro was a craftsman, known for her intricately paced short stories that could devastate a reader. Her characters often lived in rural Ontario, like Munro herself. In an interview after winning the Nobel Prize, she said that ...
20 hours ago · Netiporn Sanesangkhom, a 28-year-old political activist also known as ‘Bung Thalu Wang,’ who had been on hunger strike since January 27, has died after being rushed to Thammasat University Hospital this morning in cardiac arrest, according to the Corrections Department.
2 hours ago · Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant among the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and short story writers, has died at age 92. A spokesperson for publisher Penguin ...
