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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor This week, we're having a look at literature in the news. Read on! | |
And the Nobel Prize in Literature Goes To...
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Tomas Transtromer, an influential Scandinavian poet who has been translated into over 60 languages. According to the Nobel Committee, the prize was awarded to Transtromer "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
| 2011 Pura Belpre Award Winners
The 2011 Pura Belpre Award Winners were also announced this week. This prestigious award honors "a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth," and this year, it was awarded to illustrator Eric Velazquez (Grandma's Gift) and author Pam Munoz Ryan (The Dreamer). Several books were granted Pura Belpre honors, as well.
| One Million Tickets for the World Shakespeare Festival
Tickets for the World Shakespeare Festival, part of the United Kingdom's 2012 Cultural Olympiad that will lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games, went on sale yesterday. Precisely one million tickets were offered up -- will you be making your way to London for this record-breaking event?
| Now in Paperback: 'Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk' by David Sedaris
And from the publishing world, some new hilarious paperbacks are now on shelves, including David Sedaris's oddball collection of animal-themed stories and Chelsea Handler's hilarious for-grownup-eyes-only collection Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang.
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