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Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born English novelist (born 1925) Robert Katz, American writer (born 1933) Julian Roberts, English scholar and librarian (born 1930) October 21 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet in Malayalam (born 1945) October 22 – Alí Chumacero, Mexican writer and poet (born 1918) October 23 – George Cain, American author (born 1943)
The most popular books of the year were The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson and The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, with respectively 8 and 6 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books (Worst Case, The 9th Judgment, Private, The Postcard Killers and Cross Fire).
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." [1] The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 7 October 2010. [2]
The Top 1000 average over 5600 pageviews/day, but any low month, below 1500 per day, would drop an article's average by over 350 per day. Even in December, a low-interest article can skyrocket into the Top 1000 if a major news event causes reader-interest to exceed 1.9 million pageviews within a month (5600 pageviews/day totals 2,044,000 per year).
2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-5 Category – Grades 9 & 10. 1st place Amber Brown, Oak Park, IL for the poem "Moon" 2nd place Alexis Mia Phillips, Oak Park IL for the poem “Case# 07CR0304” 3rd place Damiano R. Girona, Newport News, VA for the poem "Natural Love" 2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English.
The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday, April 12, 2010. In journalism, The Washington Post won four awards while The New York Times won three. [ 1 ] For the first time, an online source, ProPublica , won in what had previously been the sole province of print. [ 1 ]