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Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68
Read full article: Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68Sharon Cohen, a matchless reporter who told American stories with great skill and compassion over more than four decades at The Associated Press, died Monday at her Chicago home.
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Read full article: Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace PrizeThe Canadian writer and teacher has earned the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, officials of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials announced Monday. The award is named for the late U.S. diplomat who brokered the 1995 Bosnian peace accords reached in the Ohio city. Some readers of āThe Handmaid's Taleā saw in the leaders of authoritarian Gilead similarities to the rise of Republican Donald Trump to president in the election of 2016. Sharon Rab, the founder and chairwoman of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, praised Atwood for popular success with writing that also educates people about pressing social justice and environmental issues. āThe Testaments,ā her 2019 sequel to āThe Handmaid's Tale,ā quickly joined her bestsellers.
Lisa Lucas, head of National Book Foundation, to join Knopf
Read full article: Lisa Lucas, head of National Book Foundation, to join KnopfNEW YORK The head of the organization which presents the National Book Awards is joining the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation since 2016, has been named senior vice president of the Knopf imprints Pantheon and Schocken Books. We just had this really organic conversation about careers and the book world and what I was I good at and what I was interested in. She will remain with the book foundation through the end of the year, and will again oversee the awards ceremony, to be held online because of the coronavirus. We are deeply grateful for Lisas years of leadership at the National Book Foundation, David Steinberger, chair of the foundations board of directors, said in a statement.