Philip Roth wins Pulitzer Prize for American Pastoral
New York AP report notes Philip Roth wins the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for American Pastoral. Debut author claims high honor alongside finalists Don DeLillo and Robert Stone. Paula Vogel wins for drama and Charles Wright for poetry.
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Firms Contribute to New High Speed Internet Network
Three companies pledged equipment and a fiber network worth over 500 million dollars to advance an ultra fast Internet project. The effort, led by Vice President Al Gore, aims to connect about 100 universities with speeds far beyond existing connections, excluding home users.
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Poetry winner credits U of I teacher
Charles Wright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, credits Don ald Justice as his only teacher from 1963 at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Justice, a 1980 Pulitzer winner, praised Wright as a true artist. Wright has published poetry, translations, and non fiction and teaches at the Writers' Workshop.
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Pulitzer winners named for journalism awards
The 1998 Pulitzer winners include public service for the Grand Forks Herald and investigative reporting by Gary Cohn and Will Englund. Other honors go to Linda Greenhouse, Thomas French, Katharine Graham, and Charles Wright among multiple outlets and disciplines.
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