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Marlon JamesMarlon James (born 1970) is a Jamaican novelist. He has published three novels: The Book of Night Women (2010), John Crow's Devil (2010) and A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014).He r.. | Literature | 2015 |
Kingston Kingston Jamaica |
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Jericho BrownJericho Brown, born Nelson Demery, III, is an American poet. In 2011, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.He received Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2015... | Literature | 2015 |
Shreveport Louisiana United States |
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Marilyn ChinMarilyn Chin is a prominent Chinese American poet and writer, an activist and feminist, an editor and Professor of English. She is well-represented in major canonical anthologies and textboo.. | Literature | 2015 |
San Diego California United States |
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Richard S. DunnRichard Slator Dunn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1928. His father, William P. Dunn, was Professor of English of the University of Minnesota. Dunn founded the Philadelphia Center fo.. | Literature | 2015 |
Minneapolis Minnesota United States |
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David Brion DavisDavid Brion Davis (born February 16, 1927 in Denver, Colorado) is an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He i.. | Literature | 2015 |
New Haven Connecticut United States |
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Anthony MarraAnthony Marra is an American fiction writer.He received Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2014... | Literature | 2014 |
Oakland California United States |
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Adrian MatejkaAdrian Matejka (born in Nuremberg, Germany) is an African-American poet. He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with an MFA in Creative Writing. He has received fellowship.. | Literature | 2014 |
Bloomington Indiana United States |
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Ari ShavitAri Shavit (born 1957) is an Israeli reporter and writer. He is a Senior Correspondent at the left-of-center Israeli newspaper Haaretz and the author of the 2013 New York Times Best Seller M.. | Literature | 2014 |
Reẖovot Central District Israel |
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Wilson HarrisSir Theodore Wilson Harris (born 24 March 1921) is a Guyanese writer. He initially wrote poetry, but has since become a well-known novelist and essayist. His writing style is often said to b.. | Literature | 2014 |
New Amsterdam East Berbice-Corentyne Guyana |
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George LammingGeorge Lamming (born 8 June 1927) is a novelist, essayist and poet, who is the most famous writer to emerge from Barbados and one of the Caribbean's most important novelists."Each of his.. | Literature | 2014 |
Bridgetown Saint Michael Barbados |