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4 giorni fa · George Washington Carver ( c. 1864 [1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. [2] He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to ...
4 giorni fa · And when the International Booker went on to shortlist a COVID novella called The Details on April 9, it confirmed a second wave of pandemic literature had arrived. The opening of the novella, which hooks you in no less than ten pages, begins with a woman in bed, afflicted by a fever which renews her interest in a half-forgotten book – The ...
4 giorni fa · Edith Lewis ( c. 1908 –1947) Signature. Willa Sibert Cather ( / ˈkæðər /; [1] born Wilella Sibert Cather; [2] December 7, 1873 [A] – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of ...
2 giorni fa · Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T.R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously held various positions in New York politics, rising up the ...
3 giorni fa · Alice Munro (born July 10, 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada—died May 13, 2024, Port Hope, Ontario) was a Canadian short-story writer who gained international recognition with her exquisitely drawn narratives. The Swedish Academy dubbed her a “master of the contemporary short story ” when it awarded her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013.
2 giorni fa · A German novel about a tortured love affair wins 2024 International Booker Prize. Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Listen to Full Show. Playlist.
2 giorni fa · Publiziert am 22. Mai 2024 von Christoph Steiner. Die Schriftstellerin Jenny Erpenbeck hat als erste Deutsche den renommierten britischen International Booker Prize gewonnen. In ihrem Roman «Kairos» erzählt sie eine komplizierte Lebensgeschichte in der Endphase der DDR (via tagesschau.de ): «Das Buch sei außergewöhnlich, weil es «sowohl ...
