Though largely unknown outside Canada, she was often ranked alongside Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro as one of the country’s greatest living writers.
Tag: Writing and Writers
Jakucho Setouchi, 99, Dies; Buddhist Priest Wrote of Sex and Love
Her more than 400 novels often drew on her own romantic affairs, and her translation of an 11th-century romantic Japanese classic sold millions of copies.
Coffee or Chai? At 2 Kolkata Cafes, ‘Adda’ Is What’s Really on the Menu
Unrestricted talk, or “adda,” is the main draw at two storied cafes that are at once museums to the city’s intellectual history — and places for debate.
Raúl Rivero, Disenchanted Poet of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 75
A leading journalistic voice who broke with the Castro regime, he gained wide recognition for his protests, was jailed as a dissident and went into exile.
Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’
The novelist, shortlisted for two of his previous books, received one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for his cutting depiction of a white family in post-apartheid South Africa.
Behind a Top Female Name in Spanish Crime Fiction: Three Men
Carmen Mola, a novelist publishing under a pen name, seemed to shatter a glass ceiling in the world of Spanish books. But when the author’s true identity was revealed while claiming a big prize, it was a shock.
He Won the Nobel. Why Are His Books So Hard to Find?
After Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, he instantly gained a wider international audience, something publishers are now scrambling to accommodate.
Céline’s Newly Unearthed Work Causes a Stir in France
A legal battle is raging over manuscripts written by the antisemitic writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline that disappeared almost eight decades ago.
Writing About a Past Injustice Helped Her See What Has and Hasn’t Changed
Nadifa Mohamed is a Booker Prize finalist for her novel “The Fortune Men,” a story about a false accusation and the tragedy that resulted.
Sally Rooney Declines to Sell Translation Rights to Israeli Publisher
The author of “Beautiful World, Where Are You” turned down an offer from an Israeli publisher to translate the novel to Hebrew, citing her support for Palestinians “in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality.”