LONDON — Patricia Lockwood, Richard Powers and Maggie Shipstead are among the six novelists shortlisted this year for the Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards. Powers is a finalist for “Bewilderment,” his novel about a widowed astrobiologist struggling to care for his son; Shipstead for “Great
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Nairy Baghramian Wins 2022 Nasher Prize for Sculpture
Nairy Baghramian is the winner of the 2022 Nasher Prize, an award given by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas to a “living artist who elevates the understanding of sculpture and its possibilities.” As a part of the honor, Baghramian, who is based in Berlin, will receive $100,000. She will
U.S. Open Prize Money: How Much Can a Champion Win?
It’s not about money for the unlikely U.S. Open finalists Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu. But the money certainly won’t hurt. Before the tournament, Fernandez had earned $786,772 in official prize money during her short career. Raducanu had earned $303,376 in her even shorter career, most of it from reaching
Peter Singer Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize
Over the past decade, the philosopher Peter Singer has been promoting the idea of “effective altruism,” which encourages people to have reason, rather than empathy, guide their philanthropy. It’s an idea that has sparked a movement on college campuses, in Silicon Valley and beyond. Now Singer has been named the