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Gene Luen Yang Named Winner of 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Gene Luen Yang as the winner of the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature.

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  • NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Gene Luen Yang as the winner of the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature.
  • In 2013, Boxers & Saints, his two-volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion, was nominated for a National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
  • Kathy Neustadt, representing the Neustadt family, made the announcement during the annual Neustadt Lit Fest.
  • A blue-ribbon jury selects the finalists and the winner based solely on literary merit as well as the importance of the writer's contribution to children's and young adult literature.

Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

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  • NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • Awarded in alternating years with the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, the Neustadt Prize recognizes outstanding literary merit in literature worldwide.
  • Writer and translator Jennifer Croft nominated Diop for the Neustadt Prize.
  • The Neustadt Prize announcement was made via Zoom as part of the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest.

Cynthia Leitich Smith Named Winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Cynthia Leitich Smith as the winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.

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  • NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Cynthia Leitich Smith as the winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
  • Awarded in alternating years with the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the biennial NSK Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in the world of children's and young adult literature.
  • Leitich Smith is a New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling YA author of the Tantalize series and Feral trilogy.
  • "A powerful and brilliant choice to win the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature," said RC Davis-Undiano, executive director of WLT.

Ismail Kadare Wins Prestigious 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Thursday, October 17, 2019
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NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday evening that Ismail Kadare is the 26th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

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  • NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday evening that Ismail Kadare is the 26th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • Awarded in alternating years with the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, the Neustadt Prize recognizes outstanding literary merit in literature worldwide.
  • He has won many international awards and is regarded by some as one of the greatest of contemporary European writers.
  • The Neustadt Prize announcement was made at a reception at the University of Oklahoma on Oct. 16, 2019.