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17 hours ago · The model and Von Braun’s talk at the symposium left an impression on the editors of Collier’s Magazine, then one of the largest magazines in America. Colliers subsequently produced an illustrated 28-page special issue about the symposium titled “Man will Conquer Space Soon” which received an enthusiastic response from the public and was followed by two more special issues about space featuring Von Braun with each issue expanded upon and published as books.
3 days ago · American literature - Southern Fiction, Regionalism, Realism: Post-World War II Southern writers inherited Faulkner’s rich legacy. Three women—Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, specialists in the grotesque—contributed greatly to Southern fiction. O’Connor, writing as a Roman Catholic in the Protestant South, created a high comedy of moral incongruity in her incomparable short stories. Welty, always a brilliant stylist, first came to prominence with her ...
4 days ago · My life was systematized. It was good to be digging all the way. The author at his jazz club, Peter Cat, in 1978. Haruki Murakami is not only arguably the most experimental Japanese novelist to have been translated into English, he is also the most popular, with sales in the millions worldwide.
2 days ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
5 days ago · 1993 (Volume 9) Writer winner, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and Writers of the Future Contest Judge Sean Williams; 2002 (Volume 18) Writer winner and Ditmar award-winning Australian author, Lee Battersby; 2005 (Volume 21) Writer winner and multi-award-winning Australian author, Cat Sparks
2 days ago · The author behind a series of James Bond books, looking at his teenage life, is among the winners of prestigious crime writing awards. ... John le Carre, Reginald Hill, and Ruth Rendell ...
17 hours ago · Vernor Vinge, 79, science fiction writer (A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky, Rainbows End) (b. 1944) Bennett Braun, 83, psychiatrist and proponent of the Satanic panic conspiracy theory (b. 1940) March 21 Ron Harper, 91, actor (Garrison's Gorillas, Planet of the Apes, Land of the Lost) (b. 1933)
