Ahmet Altan, author of the new book “I Will Never See the World Again,” has been imprisoned for life. I’m being treated for a brain tumor. We’re both determined to keep going.
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When the Urge to Write Is a Life Sentence
Ahmet Altan, author of the new book “I Will Never See the World Again,” has been imprisoned for life. I’m being treated for a brain tumor. We’re both determined to keep going.
Overlooked No More: Sanmao, ‘Wandering Writer’ Who Found Her Voice in the Desert
Her book, “Stories of the Sahara,” has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women yearning for independence from conservative social norms.
Writing From Real Life, in All Its Excruciating Detail
“Reality fiction” is a publishing sensation in Norway. But some have accused the country’s most high-profile writers of revealing intimate secrets under the guise of fiction.
Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89
Called the most notorious literary critic in America, Professor Bloom argued for the superiority of giants like Shakespeare, Chaucer and Kafka.
Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature
The 2018 and 2019 laureates were named at the same time because last year’s prize was postponed over a scandal involving a husband of an academy member.
Judge’s Copy of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Is to Stay in U.K.
Originally sold to a private buyer in the U.S., the book used in the obscenity trial about D.H. Lawrence’s novel was acquired by Bristol University after a fund-raising campaign.
The Man Behind a Toxic Slogan Promoting White Supremacy
Renaud Camus’s phrase, “the great replacement,” which characterizes Muslim immigrants as invaders bent on conquest, has become a rallying cry for white supremacists in many countries.
Gyorgy Konrad, Writer and Dissident in Communist Hungary, Dies at 86
Known internationally for books like “The Case Worker,” he was an advocate of individual liberty and played a prominent role after Communist rule ended.
If Kafka Were Israeli and Wrote About Talking Goldfish
Etgar Keret, the writer of absurd, sad, funny and very short stories, grows up.