News from the Division of Languages and Literature
Daniel Mendelsohn Interviewed in the New York Review of Books
Mendelsohn discussed his new translation of Homer’s Odyssey for the University of Chicago Press.
Bard College Student Samantha Barrett ’26 Wins 2025 PEN/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize
This award recognizes 12 emerging writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine, journal, or cultural website, and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers.
Robert Cioffi Reviews The Red Sea Scrolls forthe London Review of Books
The book discusses the papyri of Wadi el-Jarf, which changed how we view the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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August 2016
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Norman Manea has been named the winner of the 2016 Literary Award in Romance Languages from the Guadalajara International Book Fair. He is the first Romanian author to receive the honor.