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1:51 AM

A: New Literature SE Topic Challenge Suggestions Thread

The works of Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin-American author, and the only female Latin-American, to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Although famous in Spanish speaking countries, she was rather overshadowed by her near-contemporary and close friend, P...

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Rand al'Thor

2:46 PM

Not so many topic challenge proposals left - currently "only" 15 active (i.e. excluding the deleted ones).

I've featured the post in an attempt to get more eyeballs, proposals, and/or votes.

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Bookworm

5:21 PM

Q: Stageplay adaptation of the Count of Monte Cristo

I have found at least a dozen of mentions of a stageplay adaptation of Le Comte de Monte Cristo, but I wasn't able to find a copy of any of the dialogues. Is there a published version somewhere (in French)? Note that Alexandre Dumas himself wrote an adaptation of his other most famous novel: Les ...

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9:20 PM

A: New Literature SE Topic Challenge Suggestions Thread

The works of Anna Seghers (1900–1983) The career of the German author Anna Seghers spanned 50 years. Her early works are typically considered examples of Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity. In the 1930s she went into exile; as a Jew and a member of the Communist Party, her life wasn't safe in th...

A: New Literature SE Topic Challenge Suggestions Thread

The works of Juan Rulfo (1917–1986) The Mexican author Juan Rulfo published only three works of literature during his lifetime: the short-story collection El Llano en llamas (1953),the novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and the novella El gallo de oro (1980). In spite of this modest output and the cool cr...