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Foundation says cartoonist 'captured world’s imagination' with graphic novels. His 'groundbreaking work has shown us the limitless possibilities for comics as a literary art form'

Spiegelman is the first cartoonist to win the DCAL medal from the National Book Foundation, which previously has awarded Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Robert Caro among others.

NEW YORK (AP) -- This fall, Art Spiegelman will receive an honorary National Book Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He feels

Tracie D. Hall, the South L.A.-raised executive director of the American Library Association, will receive the 2022 Literarian Award.

The first Black woman executive director of the American Library Association receives this year's lifetime Literary Award.

Isabel Allende is one of the most widely-read authors in the world, having sold more than 75 million books. She is our guest for today's Access Utah.

Stephen King, in full Stephen Edwin King, (born September 21, 1947, Portland, Maine, U.S.), American novelist and short-story writer whose books were credited with reviving the genre of horror fiction in the late 20th century. King graduated from the University of Maine in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in English. While writing short stories he supported himself by teaching and working as a janitor, among other jobs. His first published novel, Carrie, about a tormented teenage girl gifted wit...

...the works and contributions of this wonderful scholar-cum-policy adviser can never be lost. They have spoken, and will always speak,

A View from the Inside

To submit your national/global award and recognition, click here. 2021 - 2022 Amr Adly, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, won the 2021 Roger Owen Book Award for his analysis of Egypts failed economic liberalisation strategies. His research covers the period from the 1970s to the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.