Category Archives: Literature

Apr 16

Pulitzer Prize Winners announced – Tom Reiss and Adam Johnson – photos from Author Pictures at Lebrecht

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Pulitzer Prize Winners announced 15 April 2013

American writer Tom Reiss was awarded the prize for Biography for his book The Black Count on the life of Generale Alexandre Dumas, French-Caribbean military hero and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas père.
Adam Johnson was awarded the prize for Fiction for his North Korean-set novel The Orphan Master’s Son.

Photographs by Miriam Berkley (from National Book Critics Circles Readings and Awards, February 2013)

Tom Reiss at the National Book Critics Circle Readings
Tom Reiss at the National Book Critics Circle Readings. 27 February 2013, New York City, US.
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Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson at National Book Critics Circle Awards in New York, 28 February 2013.
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Adam Johnson with his son and literary agent, 2013
Adam Johnson at National Book Critics Circle Awards in New York, 28 February 2013 with his son and agent.

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Oct 17

British author Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker prize for the second time

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Hilary Mantel has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall, which won the prize in 2009. Mantel is the first woman and the first living British author to win the prestigious literary prize twice.


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Oct 05

James Bond 50th anniversary

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Lebrecht Music & Arts holds Horst Tappe’s iconic photograph of writer Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, behind a mysterious cloud of cigarette smoke.

Today is the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of James Bond on the literary scene.


Ian Fleming – portrait – English writer and novelist – author of the James Bond titles.
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Jun 29

ALICE IN WONDERLAND ANNIVERSARY 4th of July

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4 July is the 150th anniversary of when Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) first told the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to entertain Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boat trip in 1862.

He later wrote it down, and it was published in 1865 to become a classic children’s story. It was followed by the equally perplexing Through the Looking Glass.

The story was immediately accessible not only to children but also to adults. There are endless interpretations of what the book is really about, and of course the Freudians and Jungians had a field day with this story as did the the LSD users of the 1960s. It combines the whimsy of Victorian times with some quite startling episodes. The strangeness of the story continues to appeal to artists.


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Jun 29

RAY BRADBURY AT HOME by Lebrecht Authors!

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Lebrecht Authors has recently acquired a wonderful collection of images of the late American science fiction author Ray Bradbury‘s office at his home in Los Angeles.

Lebrecht photographer Wayne A. Munn was given the opportunity to photograph the place where Ray Bradbury worked and wrote many of his novels and short stories. All manner of fascinating objects, art and gifts adorned this work space. How did he manage to write with such an overflowing desk? Or perhaps this was his inspiration?


Ray Bradbury responding to a question by Wayne Munn during the videotaping of an interview in 2003.
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© Wayne A Munn / Lebrecht Authors

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Jun 27

Obituary pictures from Lebrecht – NORA EPHRON

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NORA EPHRON, American author, screenwriter and director has died aged 71. She was the author of romantic comedies and was a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for three films: Silkwood, When Harry met Sally, and Sleepless in Seatle.

Her second husband was journalist Carl Bernstein who was involved in exposing Watergate while on the staff of The Washington Post. Nora Ephron was expecting her second son in 1979 when she found out that Bernstein was having an affair with their mutual friend, the married British politician Margaret Jay, daughter of JamesCallaghan, former British Prime Minister. These events inspired her to write the 1983 humorous novel Heartburn. Both of her parents were screenwriters and she was fond of quoting her mother who would always try and turn difficult situations around by saying “Everything is copy”. Nora Ephron did these supremely successfully.

19 May 1941 – 26 June 2012

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Nora Ephron at Book Expo America 2007 where she was promoting her book ‘I Feel Bad About My Neck’.
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Jun 01

June Anniversaries for great writers and literary figures

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Jean-Jaques Rousseau - 28 June

300th anniversary of the birth of influential Swiss-French philosopher, whose political philosophy inspired the French Revolution.

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JM Barrie – 19 June

75th anniversary of the death of Scottish dramatist and novelist who created ‘Peter Pan’. This was the result of his meeting the Llewelyn Davies family whose five sons inspired him in writing about a baby boy who had magical adventures in Kensington Gardens.

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May 31

Picture of the Day: feather quill pen.

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Lebrecht photographer Cathy Wester took this stunning photo of a feather quill pen created by Judy Cooper, with an exquisite ink well made in India on top of a Japanese calligraphy paper. The perfect writing equipment!
Check out more of Cathy’s work on the Lebrecht website at www.lebrecht.co.uk

Feather quill pen created by Judy Cooper USA

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May 09

Oscar Elias – new photographer at Lebrecht Authors

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We are excited to introduce one of our latest contributors at Lebrecht, Oscar Elias. With an extensive portfolio of international writers and creators, Elias has photographed some of the world’s most prominent authors.

His  ever-increasing collection includes, Gustavo Duch, Joyce Carol Oates, Ricardo Bofill, Xavier Casinos, Sara Blaedel, Gunter Wallraff, Sergio Vila Sanjuán, Abraham Verghese, Antonio Ungar, Delphine Bertholon, Ahamed Liaquat, Gregorio León and Gioconda Belli.

Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect.

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Gioconda Belli, Nicaraguan writer.

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