- Martin Puchner wins Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin - The Story of Literature--in 1001 Words (BBC) - The Technological Shift Behind the World's First Novel (Atlantic) - Op-ed on world literature in Alabama (Inside Higher Ed) - Op-ed on how literature explains the Obama and Trump presidencies (Irish Times). - Ten Books that Changed the World (Granta). - Martin Puchner wins Guggenheim fellowship. - Martin Puchner wins Cullman fellowship at the New York Public Library. - New Norton Anthology of World Literature, with Emily Wilson's translation of TheOdyssey, especially commissioned for this edition, forthcoming in 2018.
Upcoming events: - September 20th, JLF New York - October 5, Harvard University, Sanders Theater - October 6, Cary Lecture Series, Lexington, MA - October 11, Humanities Center, Duke University - October 24, Boston University - October 27, Boston University - November 4, Cohasset Library, Cohasset, MA - November 8, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland - November 17, Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, NH - November 23 - 24, Canyon Ranch, MA - February 4, Bavarian-American Academy, Munich, Germany - February 6, University of Eichstaett, Germany - February 20, Goethe Society Nuremberg - March 1-4, Emirates Literary Festival - April 9, American Academy in Berlin - May 15, University of Athens - May 17, Center for Hellenistic Studies, Athens - June 15, Queen Mary University, London - June 24, Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research, Harvard
