August 7, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsTim O’Brien becomes first fiction writer to win Pritzker Award Novelist Tim O’Brien has been awarded the 2013 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, marking the first time a fiction writer has won the $100,000 prize. O’Brien, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, is the author of such works as The Things They Carried… read more
November 8, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: “How to Revise a True War Story” John K. Young, a professor of English at Marshall University, reflects on the production history of Tim O’Brien’s novels and their implications for the kinds of narratives that are possible for soldiers’ experiences in the Vietnam War. Young received a fellowship from the Norman Mailer Endowed Fund. “You can… read more
June 15, 2012, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsLetters in Knopf archive show challenges Ray Bradbury faced early in his career Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. Legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, author of the classics Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, died last Wednesday at the age of 91. In his long writing career, Bradbury published hundreds of novels and short stories, becoming… read more
