Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun Wins Pritzker Prize
At 17, Liu Jiakun was sent to labor in the countryside as part of China’s “re-education” efforts during the Cultural Revolution. “I didn’t see a clear future for me —…
Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees
The majority of the books nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize, the prestigious award for fiction translated into English, are under 200 pages long. Only one is over 300…
‘Dreams,’ Film About Teen Infatuation, Takes Top Prize at Berlin International Film Festival
The Norwegian drama “Dreams (Sex Love),” a tender, often funny film by the director Dag Johan Haugerud, won the top prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Part of…