In the mid-20th century, when this man browsed bookstore shelves, fiction was a boys club. Today, the situation has changed.

William Langewiesche in 2002. For a decade, his articles were routinely finalists for the National Magazine Award, two of which won the prize.

Mr. Ley, who fled Germany during the rise of the Nazi party and settled in New York, has a crater on the moon named after him.

In her new short story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld examines the anxieties of women in middle age.

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.

Carol Lombardini in 2014. Until now, her 14 years as president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had been marked by labor peace.