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Don DeLilloDon DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of lang.. | Literature | 2014 |
New York City New York United States |
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Katrina vanden HeuvelKatrina vanden Heuvel (born October 7, 1959) is an American editor and publisher. She is the editor, publisher, and part-owner of the magazine The Nation. She has been the magazine's edi.. | Literature | 2014 |
Upper West Side New York United States |
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Billy CollinsBilly Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003.He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City Unive.. | Literature | 2014 |
New York City New York United States |
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Maya AngelouMaya Angelou (born April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of.. | Literature | 2013 |
Winston-Salem North Carolina United States |
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Junot DiazJunot Díaz (born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and fiction editor at Boston Review. He also s.. | Literature | 2013 |
Cambridge Massachusetts United States |
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Michael HastingsMichael Mahon Hastings (January 28, 1980 – June 18, 2013) was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed.He was raised in New York, Cana.. | Literature | 2013 |
Los Angeles California United States |
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Joyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over forty novels, as well as a number of plays and novellas, and.. | Literature | 2012 |
Lockport New York United States |
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Barnet Lee Rosset, Jr.Barney Rosset, Jr. (May 28, 1922 – February 21, 2012) was the former owner of the publishing house Grove Press, and publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Evergreen Review. He led a.. | Literature | 2012 |
Manhattan New York United States |
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Robert CaroRobert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.He r.. | Literature | 2012 |
Upper West Side New York United States |
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Elie WieselElie Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish writer,professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his e.. | Literature | 2011 |
Sighetu Marmaţiei Maramureş Romania |