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News
- Martin Puchner publishes The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization (Random House).

- New initiative, Stories for the Future, launched.
- The Written World wins Massachusetts Book Award.
- The Written World available in translation: Brazil, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovenia (more on the way).
- The Written World on WSJ bestseller list; NYTimes Editors' Choice.
- 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 literature in careers of Obama and Trump  (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 The Odyssey, especially commissioned for this edition.

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Upcoming events:
- September 10: Renmin University of China
- September 11: Tsinghua University
- September 12: Tsinghua University
- September 13: Book launch at Xiaosong Island Art Space, Beijing
- October 11: University of Columbia, MO
- November 5: First Oxford Lecture, TORCH Humanities Center
- November 8: Second Oxford Lecture
- November 12: Third Oxford Lecture
- November 14: Discussion with Peter McDonald, Oxford
- November 15: Workshop of literary theory, Oxford

To book an event, contact Allyson Lord, Random House.

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