Audio Interviews
e. e. cummings on what makes an artist. Watson and Crick on the discovery of DNA. Any Warhol speaks on how he selected his portrait subjects. Artists, poets, writers, actors, politicians, and other key figures of the 20th century are featured in audio interviews at this site from the BBC. In addition to the interviews, you will also find biographies.
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Art and Culture Network
This site provides profiles of key figures in the design arts, film, literature, music, the performing arts, and the visual arts.
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Pulitzer Prize
You can read samples of winning works in journalism and poetry; listen to music samples; and view images of editorial cartoons as well as read biographies of the winners from 1995 on. You can also find list of winners from 1917 to the present.
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Lit Web
Biographies of over 500 authors from Japanese avant-garde writer Kobo Abe to German biographer Stefan Zweig. You'll also find some of the author's works on the site.
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