Theodor Mommsen (1818-1903) was one of the greatest of Roman historians and the only one ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His fame rests on his History of Rome, but the volumes that would have concluded it were never completed. A History of Rome under the Emperors takes the place of that great lost work, representing Mommsens view of the missing period.
Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.52 | Fiction literature | 15 January 2009
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Review "The incredible variety of Naguib Mahfouz's writings continue[s] to dazzle our eyes."--The Washington Post
"Mahfouz's work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical. The Nobel Prize acknowledges the universal significance of his fiction."--Los Angeles Times Dedicated to Maha
Jhumpa Lahiri (born Nilanjana Sudeshna on 11 July 1967) is an American author of Bengali Indian descent. Lahiri’s debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name.
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Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature | 26 December 2008
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient.
Wisława Szymborska - Nothing Twice / Nic dwa razy - Bilingual
Added by: huelgas | Karma: 1208.98 | Fiction literature | 17 December 2008
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Bilingual edition: English/Polish
Polish-English edition of 120 poems by Wisława Szymborska. The most complete presentation available of the work of the 1996 Nobel Prize winner In literature - Wisława Szymborska. The translation by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh Was awarded the annual PEN-Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club Prize for the best literary translation published in the U.S.A.
Polsko-angielsko edycja 120 wierszy Wisławy Szymborskiej Najpełniejszy obraz dorobku poetyckiego Laureatki Literackiej Nagrody Nobla 1996 - Wisławy Szymborskiej. Tłumaczenie Stanisława Barańczaka i Clare Cavanagh zostało uhonorowane doroczną nagrodą PEN-Clubu oraz Book-of-the-Month Club za najlepszy przekład literacki opublikowany w Stanach Zjednoczonych.
„Równie ważnym jak inteligencja, dowcip i mądrość składnikiem tego zespołu jakości, który czyni poetkę osobą tak niezwykłą, a każdy jej wiersz — czymś tak niezapomnianym, jest ciepło ludzkiej sympatii. Lubimy tę poezję, ponieważ wyczuwamy instynktownie, że jej autorka autentycznie (choć bynajmniej nie bezkrytycznie) lubi nas, jest nas ciekawa, gotowa będzie zawsze wysłuchać tego, co my, ludzie, mamy do powiedzenia.” Z posłowia Stanisława Barańczaka
