- Martin Puchner wins Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin - The Written World no. 7 bestseller in literary criticism (Library Journal) - 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: - UT Austin, April 7 - Yale University, April 13 - PEN World Voices Festival, April 17 - UNLV, April 19 - Harvard Club of Westchester, May 20 - Morgan Library, May 22
