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The Road Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel
The Road is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Cormac McCarthy. Its a post-apocalyptic fiction that relates the journey of a father and son. The novel describes their long journey spanning several months over a landscape, where much of civilization and life was destroyed. It was in his imagination, through which he had once traveled and described his future views about that place.
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Cormac Mccarthy Pulitzer Prize Winning American Novelist
Cormac McCarthy is a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist who was born on 20th July in 1933 in Providence in Rhodes Island. He has his credits in writing ten novels in several genres like Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic.
Posted on September 02, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Madeleine L Engle Newbery Medal Winning Young Adult Fiction Author
Being born on November 29, 1918 and died on September 6, 2007, Madeleine LEngle is worldwide as a writer for her Young Adult Fiction. She came in limelight after writing A Wrinkle in Time followed by its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters. His excellent work in these novels led him to win Newbery Medal. Most of his works showed his keen interest in modern science like A Wrinkle in Time has comment on Tesseracts, A Wind in the Door has a touch of mitochondrial DNA, and his The Arm of The Starfish has organ regeneration part.
Posted on March 19, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Barbara Pym English Comic Novel Writer Nominated For Booker Prize
Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was born on June 2, 1913 in Oswestry, Shropshire and this English novelist lived till January 11, 1980. She opted for her education in English from the St Hilda's College, Oxford and provided her services at the time of World War II to the Women's Royal Naval Service.
Anne McAllister Rita Award Winning Romance Writer Of Stardust Cowboy
Anne McAllister is one of the finest and well known romance writers of this decade in America. She is responsible for writing more then 50 romances. She is mostly for publishing Harlequin romances as well as short novellas and also a number of single titles. She has won numerous awards for her publications. This includes two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America. These were for the books called The Stardust Cowboy and Cowboy Pride.
Posted on April 15, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Arthur C Clarke Science Fiction Writer 2001 A Space Odyssey Nominated Nobel Prize
Among the most popular genres of fiction, science fiction deserves a special mention. It was the earnest endeavor of some science fiction authors that has enriched this particular genre over the years. Arthur C Clarke is considered as a stalwart in the realms of science fiction. Most of his fame rests on his popular novel “2001: A Space Odyssey” which has revolutionized and popularized this literary genre. He was even nominated for the prestigious Nobel Prize in the year 1994 for his outstanding contribution to science fiction.
Posted on June 10, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Andrea Barrett MacArthur Award Pulitzer Prize Winner Servants Of The Map The Voyage of the Narwhal
The illustrious literary career of Andrea Barrett started when she did not cross even her thirties. She has many coveted awards in her kitty. These include the “MacArthur” award that she received in 2001 and her ground breaking work “Servants of the Map” that fetched her the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2003. Andrea Barrett was also rewarded with the National Book Award for her literary work “Ship Fever and Other Stories” which she got in 1996. One of the noticeable features of her writing is that she repeats a character twice or thrice in several of her literary works. However, the repetition has not made the novels devoid of freshness as she has incorporated carefully crafted plots in each.
Posted on June 12, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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Allan W. Eckert Author Pulitzer Prize Winner Wild Season The Frontiersmen The Silent Sky
One of the most talented writers of US literature, Allan W. Eckert has donned the hats of novelist, historian, poet and playwright with remarkable ease. He was born in 1931 in New York and spent his young years in Illinois region. In his life he has stayed in many places in the USA. Right from his teen years he developed a keen interest about nature and wild life.
Posted on June 17, 2008 | Related Articles | Linked From
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