The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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April 18, 2014
Gabriel Garcia Márquez Has Died
Internationally beloved Nobel laureate and author, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, 87, died Thursday, April 17. Read more...
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April 9, 2014
Peter Matthiessen has Died
Peter Matthiessen, 86, died of leukemia Saturday April 5, 2014 in his Sagaponack, New York home. Read more...
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February 10, 2014
Long-Honored Poet Maxine Kumin, Dead at 88
Maxine Kumin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her poetry collection, Up Country, died on February 6 at her home in New Hampshire. Read more...
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December 10, 2013
Controversial Poet Amiri Baraka is Dead
Baraka, seventy-nine, born Everett LeRoi Jones, was New Jersey’s Poet Laureate from 2002-2003. Read more...
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November 27, 2013
Poet Wanda Coleman Has Died at 67
Poet Wanda Coleman, often referred to as the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles, died from a long illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Read more...
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November 18, 2013
Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing Dies at 94
Doris Lessing, Nobel laureate and author of The Golden Notebook, died peacefully in her London home at the age of 94. Read more...
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October 21, 2013
Oscar Hijuelos, First Latino Author to Win a Pulitzer, is Dead
Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos collapsed while playing tennis, never regaining consciousness. Read more...
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October 3, 2013
Tom Clancy, Author of Best Selling Military Thrillers, is Dead
Tom Clancy, one of the world’s best-known authors, died on Tuesday at the age of 66 in a Baltimore Hospital. Read more...
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August 30, 2013
Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney Has Died
According to the New York Times, the Irish poet “whose lyrical beauty and ethical depth… gave him a prominence far beyond literary circles, died in Dublin after a brief illness.” Read more...
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August 23, 2013
Elmore Leonard Has Died
Crime novelist Elmore Leonard, 87, died on August 20th due to complications from a stroke. Read more...
