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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December 22, 2016
Shelby Hearon, 1931–2016
AWP was saddened to hear of the death of Shelby Hearon, author and beloved teacher to many. Read more...
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November 22, 2016
William Trevor, 1928–2016
The Irish short story writer and novelist, William Trevor, passed away at the age of eighty-eight, reports his publisher, Penguin Random House Ireland. Read more...
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October 25, 2016
Lucia Perillo (1958–2016)
Poet Lucia Perillo died on October 16. Though the cause has not been stated, she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988. Read more...
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October 21, 2016
Brigit Pegeen Kelly (1951–2016)
The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program reported on Thursday that one of its faculty members, the poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly, passed away. Read more...
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October 20, 2016
Thom Jones (1945–2016)
Thom Jones, the revered short story writer, died on Friday, October 14 at his home in Olympia, Washington. The cause was complications due to diabetes. He was seventy-one. Read more...
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September 27, 2016
Playwright Edward Albee Has Died
Edward Albee, a three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, died last Friday at the age of 88 after a short illness. Read more...
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August 1, 2016
James Alan McPherson Has Died
James Alan McPherson, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, passed away on July 27, due to causes related to pneumonia. Read more...
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July 7, 2016
Poets Geoffrey Hill and Yves Bonnefoy Have Passed Away
Over the last week we lost three giants of world literature: Elie Wiesel, previously written about on our news blog, and two poets, Geoffrey Hill and Yves Bonnefoy. Read more...
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July 6, 2016
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Has Died
The Nobel Peace Prize–winning Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and prolific author who penned the bestselling memoir Night, died at eighty-seven in his home in Manhattan on Saturday, July 2. Read more...
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May 13, 2016
Michael S. Harper
Poet Michael S. Harper passed away on May 7. The first poet laureate of Rhode Island, he was professor emeritus of literary arts and English at Brown University, where he taught for 43 years. Read more...
