"The Remains of the Day (film) The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British-American drama film adapted from the Booker Prize-winning 1989 novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley. It stars Anthony Hopkins as Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with James Fox, Christopher Reeve, and Hugh Grant in supporting roles. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (for Hopkins) and Best Actress (for Thompson). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked ""The Remains"
"prestigious literary prizes in the English-speaking world. It ranks 146th in a composite list, compiled by Brian Kunde of Stanford University, of the best twentieth-century English-language fiction. In 2006, ""The Observer"" asked 150 literary writers and critics to vote for the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005; ""The Remains of the Day"" placed joint-eighth. In 2007, ""The Remains of the Day"" was included in a ""Guardian"" list of ""Books you can't live without"" and also in a 2009 ""1000 novels everyone must read"" list. ""The Economist"" has described the novel as Ishiguro's ""most famous book"". <br>"
"(born 1954) was born in Japan, but his parents immigrated to Britain when he was six. His works include ""The Remains of the Day"" 1989, ""Never Let Me Go"" 2005. From Nigeria a number of writers have achieved an international reputation for works in English, including novelist Chinua Achebe, who published ""Things Fall Apart"" in 1958, as well as playwright Wole Soyinka and novelist Buchi Emecheta. Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, as did South African novelist Nadine Gordimer in 1995. Other South African writers in English are novelist J.M. Coetzee (Nobel Prize 2003) and playwright Athol"
"in Literature. Also from the West Indies George Lamming (born 1927) is best remembered for ""In the Castle of the Skin"" (1953). Another important immigrant writer Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954) was born in Japan, but his parents immigrated to Britain when he was six. His works include, ""The Remains of the Day"" 1989, ""Never Let Me Go"" 2005. Scotland has in the late 20th-century produced several important novelists, including James Kelman (born 1946), who like Samuel Beckett can create humour out of the most grim situations. ""How Late it Was, How Late"" (1994), won the Booker Prize that year; A."
"Tracy Kidder John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his ""The Soul of a New Machine"" (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a doctor and anthropologist, titled ""Mountains Beyond Mountains"" (2003). Kidder is considered a literary journalist because of the strong story line and personal voice in his writing. He has cited as his writing influences John McPhee, A. J. Liebling, and George Orwell. In a"
"Roy C. Booth Roy C. Booth (born August 26, 1965) is a United States speculative fiction, fantasy and horror author. He has written many novels and short stories, many of them co-written with others including ""Theater of the Macabre"", ""The Flesh of Fallen Angels: A Horror Western Novella"" (part of the Gibson Blount series co-written with R. Thomas Riley) and ""Sherlock Holmes And the Case of the Man-Made Vacuum"" (co-written with Nicholas Johnson). Booth has a credit on IMDb for ""The Day Lufberry Won It All"". and a credit with Doollee, the Playwrights database. Booth is also a poet, journalist,"
"Alan Rodgers Alan Rodgers (August 11, 1959 – March 8, 2014) was a science fiction and horror writer, editor, and poet. In the mid-eighties he was the editor for ""Night Cry"". His short stories have been published in a number of venues, including ""Weird Tales"", ""Twilight Zone"" and a number of anthologies, such as ""Darker Masques"", ""Prom Night"", and ""Vengeance Fantastic"". His novelette """"The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead"""" won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction in 1987 and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. Alan Rodgers was born in 1959. From summer 1985 to"
"""If I hadn't had an operation, in a couple of years from now I wouldn't have been able to open my eyes at all,"" he said. Since 2000, Rushdie has ""lived mostly near Union Square"" in New York City. He is a fan of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, ""Midnight's Children"" (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be ""the best novel of all winners"" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th"
"1973 he edited a 'restored' and definitive version of William Faulkner's ""Flags in the Dust"", which was originally published in truncated form as ""Sartoris"". Other books by Douglas Day include ""Swifter than Reason: The Poetry and Criticism of Robert Graves"" (1963) and two novels: ""Journey of the Wolf"" (1977)— for which he received the Rosenthal Award for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and ""The Prison Notebooks of Ricardo Flores Magon"" (1991). Douglas Day Douglas Turner Day III (1 May 1932 – 10 October 2004) was an American novelist, biographer, scholar and critic. He was a popular"
"on the city's beachfront. Novels Contains important books and articles about Mailer and his works, many of which are cited in this article. See Works above for a list of Mailer's first editions and Mailer's individual works for reviews. Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award."
"Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, ""Midnight's Children"" (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be ""the best novel of all winners"" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He combines magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His fourth novel, ""The Satanic Verses"" (1988), was the subject of a major"
"Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold ""Poldek"" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film ""Schindler's List"". Pfefferberg was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, then a part of the Austria-Hungary. He gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University. Pfefferberg was a high-school teacher in Kraków until 1939 and the physical education professor at Kościuszko Gymnasium in Podgórze."
"occurrence is prominent in the structures and character relationships of two further novels by Cunningham, Specimen Days and A Home at the End of the World. The Hours (novel) The Hours is a 1998 novel written by Michael Cunningham. It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was later made into an Oscar-winning 2002 movie of the same name starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. The book concerns three generations of women affected by the classic novel ""Mrs. Dalloway"". In Richmond, 1923, author Virginia Woolf is writing ""Mrs. Dalloway"" and struggling"
"Richard G. Hubler Richard G. Hubler (born Richard Gibson Hubler; 20 August 1912 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania – 21 October 1981 in Ojai, California), was an American screenwriter, military author, and writer of biographies, fiction, and non-fiction. However, his best-known work is the 1965 autobiography he ghostwrote for Ronald Reagan, ""Where's the Rest of Me?"". Hubler attended Wyoming Seminary then graduated from Swarthmore College in 1934. Hubler began writing for many magazines. In 1941 he wrote his first biography ""Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse of Baseball"" followed by ""I Flew for China"" in 1942, a biography of Chiang Kai-shek's personal pilot."
"Research Center at Boston University. This includes the manuscript of the unpublished Disney biography and much material from its preparation. Many of the interview transcripts are also held by the Disney Archives. He died of Parkinson's Disease. Richard G. Hubler Richard G. Hubler (born Richard Gibson Hubler; 20 August 1912 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania – 21 October 1981 in Ojai, California), was an American screenwriter, military author, and writer of biographies, fiction, and non-fiction. However, his best-known work is the 1965 autobiography he ghostwrote for Ronald Reagan, ""Where's the Rest of Me?"". Hubler attended Wyoming Seminary then graduated from Swarthmore College"
"here, the foundation will still go on. Pfefferberg died on March 9, 2001, aged 87, in Beverly Hills. Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold ""Poldek"" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film ""Schindler's List"". Pfefferberg was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, then a part of the Austria-Hungary. He gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University. Pfefferberg"
"remainder are Steampunk novels set in Victorian England. All short fiction (except for the novelette ""Lord Kelvin's Machine"") and two novels have appeared in two collections by Subterranean Press: Present-day fantasy using Christian elements, such as the Holy Grail and the silver coins paid to Judas. Present-day Californian ghost stories. James Blaylock James Paul Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. Blaylock has cited Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan"
"1945) is another among a number of post Second World War writers from the former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" 1981, which was awarded both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Booker prize, and named Booker of Bookers in 1993. His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" (1989), was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. V. S. Naipaul (born 1932), born in Trinidad, was another immigrant, who wrote among other things ""A House for Mr Biswas"" (1961) and ""A Bend in the River"" (1979). Naipaul won the Nobel Prize"
"respectively. The winner, as chosen by a public vote, was Salman Rushdie's ""Midnight's Children"", and was announced on July 10 at the London Literature Festival. ""Midnight's Children"" not only won the 1981 Booker, but also the special 1993 Booker of Bookers prize, which commemorated the award's 25th anniversary. The shortlisted titles were: The Best of the Booker The Best of the Booker is a special prize awarded in commemoration of the Booker Prize's 40th anniversary. Eligible books included the 41 winners of the Booker Prize since its inception in 1969. The six shortlisted titles were announced on 12 May 2008"
"Harold Schindler Harold Moroni ""Hal"" Schindler (December 6, 1929 – December 28, 1998) was an American journalist and historian, known for his articles and books on the American west. Early in his career he also scripted episodes of the television series ""Death Valley Days"" and ""Gunsmoke"". He is best known for his 1966 biography of 19th-century Latter-day Saint Orrin Porter Rockwell. Schindler was born in Chicago, Illinois to Moroni Helaman Nephi Schindler and Carolina Margaretta Strickstrock, who were German immigrants. Shortly afterward they moved to New York City, until 1940 when they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He married"
"Poets, and a 1985 recipient of the Whiting Award. His poem ""The Morning of the Poem"" is considered to be among the best long poems of the postmodern era. Numerous works by Schuyler, including books, plays, recordings, and other pieces have been published throughout the years. The following is a list of items that he authored. The major collection of Schuyler's papers, covering the years from 1947 to 1991, is held in the Mandeville Department of Special Collections at the University of California, San Diego. James Schuyler James Marcus Schuyler (November 9, 1923 – April 12, 1991) was an American"
"began as early as 1928, though her most famous work, ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", was not published until 1966. South Africa's Alan Paton's famous ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" dates from 1948. Salman Rushdie is among a number of post Second World War writers from the former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" 1981, which was awarded both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Booker prize, and was named Booker of Bookers in 1993. His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" 1989, was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. V. S. Naipaul"
"Deborah Harkness Deborah Harkness (born 1965) is an American scholar, novelist and wine enthusiast, best known as a historian and as the author of the All Souls Trilogy, which consists of ""The New York Times"" best selling novel ""A Discovery of Witches"" and its sequels ""Shadow of Night"" and ""The Book of Life"". Her latest book is ""Time's Convert"", both an origins story of Marcus Whitmore's character set in the American War of Independence and the French Revolution and a sequel to the All Souls Trilogy. Born in 1965, Harkness grew up near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of an American-born"
"N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel ""House Made of Dawn"" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Native American Renaissance. His follow-up work ""The Way to Rainy Mountain"" blended folklore with memoir. Momaday received the National Medal of Arts in 2007 for his work's celebration and preservation of indigenous oral and art tradition. He holds twenty honorary degrees from colleges and universities, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and"
"Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel ""The Hours"", which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is a senior lecturer of creative writing at Yale University. Cunningham was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Pasadena, California. He studied English literature at Stanford University, where he earned his degree. Later, at the University of Iowa, he received a Michener Fellowship and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. While studying at"
"Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be ""The Executioner's Song"", the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best selling books in each of the seven decades after"
"Dale Maharidge Dale Maharidge (born 24 October 1956) is an American author, journalist and academic best known for his collaborations with photographer Michael Williamson. Maharidge and Williamson's book ""And Their Children After Them"" won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1990. It was conceived as a revisiting of the places and people depicted in Walker Evans's and James Agee's ""Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"". Also with Williamson, Maharidge wrote ""Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass,"" which singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen has credited as an influence for songs such as ""Youngstown"" and ""The New Timer"". Born in"
"Resurrection Day Resurrection Day is a novel written by Brendan DuBois in 1999. It is an alternate history where the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to a full-scale war, the Soviet Union is devastated, and the United States has been reduced to a third-rate power, relying on Great Britain for aid. It won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History that year. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States, the book chronicles the investigations of Carl Landry, a reporter for the ""Boston Globe"". As the story unfolds, Carl attempts to uncover the"
"a book a day – is absurd, as is the idea that this is any way of honouring a writer"".. The winner is usually announced at a ceremony in London's Guildhall, usually in early October. In 1993, to mark the prize's 25th anniversary, a """"Booker of Bookers"" Prize"" was given. Three previous judges of the award, Malcolm Bradbury, David Holloway and W. L. Webb, met and chose Salman Rushdie's ""Midnight's Children"", the 1981 winner, as ""the best novel out of all the winners."" In 2006, the Man Booker Prize set up a 'Best of Beryl' prize, for the author Beryl"
"The Light of Day (Graham Swift novel) The Light of Day is a 2003 novel by English author Graham Swift, published seven years after his previous novel, the Booker Prize winner ""Last Orders"". The book is set in 1997 in Wimbledon, the narrator George preparing to visit the grave of Bob Nash in Putney Vale Cemetery on the two year anniversary of his death, and then to visit Sarah who was convicted of his murder and with whom George has fallen in love. George recounts his involvement in the crime, employed by Sarah as a private investigator to ensure that"
"closing the book – leaving the endings open for reinterpretation, revisitation, a little ambiguity.""<ref name=""salon""> Toni Morrison Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for ""Beloved"". The novel was adapted into a film of the same name (starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover) in 1998. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. In 1996, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected her for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's"
"""(2010) and ""Windfall ""(2011). ""Hazel"" Carol Shields Carol Ann Shields, (June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel ""The Stone Diaries"", which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada. Shields was born Carol Ann Warner in Oak Park, Illinois. She studied at Hanover College Indiana, where she became a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. A United Nations scholarship encouraged Shields to spend a junior year abroad 1955–1956 at the University of Exeter in"
"Last Days of Summer Last Days of Summer is 1998 novel written by Steve Kluger. It is an epistolary novel told completely through forms of correspondence; letters, postcards, interviews with a psychiatrist, progress reports, and newspaper clippings. Taking place in 1940s Brooklyn, the bulk of the novel consists of letters written between fictional New York Giants third baseman Charlie Banks and Jewish twelve-year-old Joey Margolis. Joey Margolis, a Jewish boy growing up in a tough Italian neighbourhood, is burdened with beatings from neighborhood kids, his parents' divorce, and an absent father who repeatedly lets him down. In addition, he is"