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Paju, South Korea’s City of Books

By: Chang W. Lee and Jin Yu Young — 25 November 2023 at 10:01

With some 900 book-related businesses, Paju Book City, northwest of Seoul, is an intentional and euphoric celebration of books and the bookmaking process.

Jon Fosse Receives Nobel Prize in Literature

By: Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter — 5 October 2023 at 19:26

Long a favorite to receive the award, Fosse has found acclaim for work that explores mortality and religion, and radiates serenity.

The author Jon Fosse in Frekhaug, Norway, on Thursday. He had been preparing himself for “the last 10 years that this could happen,” he said of receiving the prize.