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The 40th anniversary of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and more

Roll of Thunder

Neustadt in the News

Neustadt laureate Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance will be hitting the stage this October at the Auckland Performing Arts Centre in New Zealand. The production will run from October 10–18.

For the 40th anniversary of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, author and NSK laureate Mildred D. Taylor has announced new cover art will be created for the prizewinning book and the rest of series. Viking will release her final book in the Logan family saga in 2017.

Current Neustadt juror Valeria Luiselli’s newest book, The Story of My Teeth, was reviewed last week in the Star Tribune.

Current Neustadt finalist Don Paterson wrote a foreword to fellow Scottish poet Lajos Walder’s new book, Become a Message: Poems. The book was released this month.

 

Fun Finds and Inspiration

Photographer Ellen Cantor brings to life the tactile memories of reading classic children’s books. Her photo series featured on Flavorwire includes Alice in Wonderland and the Nancy Drew books, among others.

Literary Hub lists 10 books that use made-up languages.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: A Fine Balance, Children's Books, Don Paterson, Language, Mildred D. Taylor, Rohinton Mistry, Valeria Luiselli

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

  • 2020 – Ismail Kadare

  • 2018 – Edwidge Danticat

  • 2016 – Dubravka Ugrešić

  • 2014 – Mia Couto

  • 2012 – Rohinton Mistry

  • 2010 – Duo Duo

  • 2008 – Patricia Grace

  • 2006 – Claribel Alegría

  • 2004 – Adam Zagajewski

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  • 1998 – Nuruddin Farah

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  • 1994 – Kamau Brathwaite

  • 1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto

  • 1990 – Tomas Tranströmer

  • 1988 – Raja Rao

  • 1986 – Max Frisch

  • 1984 – Paavo Haavikko

  • 1982 – Octavio Paz

  • 1980 – Josef Škvorecký

  • 1978 – Czesław Miłosz

  • 1976 – Elizabeth Bishop

  • 1974 – Francis Ponge

  • 1972 – Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti

NSK Laureates

  • 2023 – Gene Luen Yang

  • 2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • 2019 – Margarita Engle

  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

  • 2003 – Mildred D. Taylor

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