News, Reviews, and InterviewsDubravka Ugrešić has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Neustadt Prize! Beyond Ugrešić’s win, there’s more good news for Croatian literature—the newly launched…
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October 9, 2015Demonstration for Raif Badawi outside the Embassy of Saudi-Arabia, Helsinki, Finland. Raif Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage this week. Photo by Amnesty International/Flic…- October 10, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsFrench novelist Patrick Modiano has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Last week, Laila Lalami spoke to NPR about her new novel, The Moor…
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WLT’s executive director, editors, and staff all deeply mourn the passing of David L. Boren, who died on February 20, 2025. Nick Hathaway, who…
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