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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
Site examines Elie Wiesel, his writings, and his life's work. Site also offers an excellent interview with Wiesel.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978: Isaac Bashevis Singer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 1978 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Nobel Diploma," and "Other Resources."
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Other

Tal Cohen's Bookshelf: The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough review of "How the World Was Saved", the first story in "The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age", the masterpiece by Stanislaw Lem.
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eBook
Other

Wislawa Szymborska's Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Site for information on Szymborska - includes the poem "Tortures" and links to article about the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Czeslaw Milosz

For Students 9th - 10th
Czeslaw Milosz, "Polish-American author, translator and critic, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature."
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Stanislaw Lem

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise but very good biography of Lem, complete with a listing of selected works.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Franz Kafka

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For teaching Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, this site provides links to lesson plans, handouts, and other resources to enhance student understanding.
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Other

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
The site for the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; it includes the work of the Foundation, a biography on Wiesel, and a list of his published books.
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Other

The Kafka Project: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful Kafka site from The Kafka Project! Includes "all Kafka texts in the original form and their translations from the critical edition.." Also includes "Help for a paper," in which author gives student a good idea of where to start...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Wislawa Szymborska

For Students 9th - 10th
Still another brief biography - perhaps because not much is known about her life and she does not like to talk about it. Includes some good thoughts on her work.
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Article
Other

I Earn: Elie Wiesel's 'The Night That Never Dawned'

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for the study of "Night", by Elie Wiesel. Students from around the U.S. give the quotes that had the most meaning to them and their thoughts and feelings.