This week, readers everywhere (us included) celebrated Banned Books Week, which celebrates the freedom to read and authors whose books have been challenged, banned, and censored because of their conte…
Newman Prize
- September 26, 2014
October 29, 2012Mo Yan. Photo by Jonathan Stalling. Shortly after China woke up to the news on October 11 that a Chinese national had won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, a storm of discussion raged throughout…- October 19, 2012This week was full of exciting new discoveries and announcements. Below you'll find links to excerpts of 2012 Nobel Laureate Mo Yan's writing, a new short story from the archives of David Foster Walla…
- October 12, 2012This week was filled with award announcements. Below, you'll find links to this week's major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature. News, Review…
- October 12, 2012When it was announced yesterday that Mo Yan is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, it echoed the case made by WLT executive director Robert Con Davis-Undiano, who deliver…
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World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday…
