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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September 20, 2017
Lynna Williams, 1951–2017
Lynna Williams, writer, associate professor of English at Emory University, and past AWP Board member, passed away on July 29 due to cancer. Read more...
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September 5, 2017
John Ashbery, 1927—2017
Arguably the most dominant figure in American poetry since Robert Lowell, John Ashbery died Sunday, September 3 of natural causes. Read more...
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August 1, 2017
Sam Shepard, 1943–2017
Playwright and actor Sam Shepard died on July 27 due to complications from ALS. Read more...
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June 14, 2017
Chana Bloch, 1940–2017
Chana Bloch, poet and renowned Hebrew translator, died in her home in Berkeley, California after a four-year battle with sarcoma on May 19. Read more...
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June 9, 2017
Kathryn Stripling Byer, 1944–2017
Kathryn Stripling Byer, author of six books of poetry and North Carolina’s first female poet laureate, passed away on Monday, June 5. Read more...
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April 4, 2017
Yevgeny Yevtushenko Has Died
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian poet, novelist, actor, and director, who through his work famously protested Stalinism before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died. Read more...
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March 20, 2017
Derek Walcott, 1930–2017
The St. Lucia Star reported that Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize–winning poet and playwright, has died. No reason was given but he had been in ill health. He was eighty-seven. Read more...
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March 7, 2017
Paula Fox, 1923–2017
Paula Fox, who wrote novels for adults and for children, passed away on March 1 at age ninety-three in a hospital near her home in Brooklyn, New York. Read more...
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February 15, 2017
Thomas Lux, 1946–2017
Poet Thomas Lux passed away on February 5, 2017. Read more...
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February 3, 2017
Bharati Mukherjee, 1940–2017
Bharati Mukherjee, author of Jasmine and fifteen other books, died on January 28. Read more...
