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HONORING STYRON'S CONTRIBUTION
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PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - It seemed an unlikely setting to honor
a man whose sense of history is so tinged with tragedy, whose
brooding novels have probed some of humanity's darkest moments,
from American slavery to Auschwitz.
The morning was brilliant and cool, the tent was
circus-striped, yellow and white. The pines were whispering amiably
on the grounds of the MacDowell Colony, as William Clark Styron Jr.
was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal for his outstanding
contributions to American literature.
Styron was recognized for his novels, articles and essays,
including the 1967 book, ...
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Sri Lankans bid adieu to world's first woman prime minister
Newspaper article from: India Abroad
; ...Lankan Prime Minister Sirimao Bandaranaike was laid to rest on Oct...keeping with her wishes, Bandaranaike, 84, the world's first...Sir Lankan Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, who was assassinated in...
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Roundup: Sri Lanka Set to Give Grand Commemoration
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...centenary birth of legendary Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, late prime minister and...with a floral tribute to the Bandaranaike statue at Galle Face, Colombo...will grace the occasion. Bandaranaike, who served as prime minister...
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Backgrounder: (4) Sri Lanka's Key Political Parties
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...chaired by former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, mother of President Kumaratunga. The SLFP was founded in 1951 by Sirimavo Bandaranaike's husband, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike. The party was elected to power for the...
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Dear, unhappy isle
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) under Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike. Although a member of the English-speaking...coups and riots, including the killing of Bandaranaike himself by an extreme Buddhist monk. It is during...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...1862; Viscount Craigavon (James Craig), statesman, 1871; Dennis Yates Wheatley, novelist, 1897; Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1899; Elvis Presley, rock singer, 1935. Deaths: Pope Celestine III...
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BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Anniversaries Births: William Wilkie Collins, novelist, 1824; Dennis Yates Wheatley, novelist, 1897; Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan prime minister, 1899; Elvis Presley, rock singer, 1935. Deaths: Galileo Galilei, astronomer...
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