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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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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Molnar, Ferenc

For Students 9th - 10th
A good, comprehensive biography Ferenc Molnar, the "Hungarian-American playwright, director, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist."
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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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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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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Isaac Bashevis Singer

For Students 9th - 10th
A good, concise biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer, complete with lists of works and "for further reading."
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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.