John William Cousin

John William Cousin (1849–1910) was a British writer, editor and biographer. He was one of six children born to William and Anne Ross Cousin, his mother being a noted hymn-writer, in Scotland. A fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries and secretary of the Actuarial Society of Edinburgh, he revised and wrote the introduction for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline in 1907.

Ranieri Filo della Torre literary prize

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Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine

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John Balbach

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United Plant Savers

United Plant Savers is a nonprofit organization based in Rutland, OH on 379-acre Botanical Sanctuary whose goal is to promote the preservation of native North American medicinal plants. The group maintains an "At Risk" list of plants that are considered

Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize

Merck Kakehashi Literature Prize is a biannual literary translation prize awarded by the Goethe-Institut Tokyo and Merck KGaA, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. It is for works by German authors made accessible for a Japanese readership. The

Fromont and Risler

Fromont jeune et Risler aîné is a novel by French author Alphonse Daudet. It is the novel that first made Daudet famous, or as he put it, "the dawn of his popularity

Gitanjali Literary Prize

The Gitanjali Literary Prize is a Franco-Indian literary award established in 2012. It was founded by the Mohsen Hachtroudi Foundation and CHG Earth Group. A Francophone author and an Indian author each receive a prize which includes a Gitanjali Medal, a

José Fuentes Mares National Prize for Literature

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War Book Panel

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Snoop Conner

Jarod Devon "Snoop" Conner is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss