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Jason Matthews, author of ‘Red Sparrow’ thrillers, dies

10:44 pm April 29, 2021

NEW YORK: Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others in crafting his popular “Red Sparrow” thrillers, has died at age 69. Matthews died Wednesday from Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), a rare, untreatable neurodegenerative disease, according to his publisher, Scribner. “How […]

Nobel Prize in literature- Laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

Nobel laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

9:23 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Peter Handke says the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature was courageous. The Austrian author, who lives in France, said Thursday the recognition gave him what he described as “a strange kind of freedom.” He spoke outside his home in suburban Paris. Handke was an opponent of NATO’s airstrikes against Serbia […]

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

9:00 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke — two writers whose works are deeply intertwined in Europe’s religious, ethnic and social fault lines — won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday. The rare double announcement came after no literature prize was awarded last year due to sex abuse […]