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Dispatches from the Republic of Letters : 50 Years of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature, Modern--21st century--History and criticism.
- Authors--21st century--Biography.
- Authors.
- Authors--20th century--Biography.
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
- Authorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : Deep Vellum Publishing, 2020.
- Summary:
- "For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Orhan Pamuk to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugresic are listed among the ranks of laureate. Now, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters gathers the acceptance speeches of these twenty-five pioneering writers into one volume, edited and with an introduction by World Literature Today editor-in-chief Daniel Simon. This book is coming out in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary, and with the reception event for the 25th Neustadt Prize (for Albanian novelist, poet, and playwright Ismail Kadare). In addition, this book includes original illustrated portraits of each prizewinning author at the beginning of each chapter"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781646050345
- 1646050347
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