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She then officially opened the festival, delivering a speech before a panel discussion on the importance of reading and studying literature.

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As much as anything else, it was Updike’s willingness to take America to his bosom—what he found lacking in Lewis—that guarantees his permanent place in this country’s literature.

He got a full scholarship to study English literature at the College of New Jersey.

Esau never went to school but in 2023 was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Cape Town for her efforts to save N|uu.

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He would go on to win, ludicrously, a Nobel Prize for literature.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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