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Dayton Literary Peace Prize

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Cognitive dissonance

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Obelit Yadgar

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Obelit Yadgar (June 29, 1941 – August 30, 2023), also known as Obie Yadgar, was an Assyrian-American radio announcer from Glendale, Wisconsin. Yadgar was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He grew up in Tehran and moved to the United States in 1957.

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Rosalie Loveling

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Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, who was also an author. The two sisters wrote some of their books together. After their father, Herman Loveling, passed away, the family moved to Ghent.

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Experimental literature

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Experimental literature is a type of writing that is hard to describe exactly. It challenges the usual rules of writing, such as how stories or poems are structured. For example, it may use prose or poetry but arrange the text in unusual ways on the page, different from typical paragraphs or traditional verse stanzas.

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Asian American Literary Awards

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The Asian American Literary Awards are given out each year by The Asian American Writers’ Workshop since 1998. These awards recognize outstanding work in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, selected by a group of judges from literature and schools. There is also a Members’ Choice Award, which is decided by the Workshop’s members from the entries of that year.

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Hagiography

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A hagiography is a type of biography that tells the life story of a saint, religious leader, or important figure in a religion. The word comes from the Greek words “hágios,” meaning “holy,” and “graphía,” meaning “writing.” These writings often describe the person’s good deeds, miracles, or how they suffered for their beliefs, especially if they were a martyr. Some hagiographies include all of these details together.

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Dino Buzzati

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Dino Buzzati-Traverso (pronounced “dee-no but-sa-tee”) was born on October 16, 1906, and died on January 28, 1972. He was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter, and poet. He also worked as a journalist for a newspaper called Corriere della Sera.

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