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- Nobel prize in literature 2018 was cancelled after sexual allegations against
Jean-Claude Arnault (a photographer and leading cultural figure in Sweden) by 18 women accusing Arnault of sexual harassment and physical abuse over a period of more than 20 years, in France and Sweden.
- In her book, "Becoming", Michelle Obama
talked about growing up on Chicago's South Side. She denounces Trumps years long birther campaign questioning her husband's citizenship, calling it bigoted and dangerous.
President Donald Trump suggested President Barack Obama
was not born in the U.S. but on foreign soil his father was Kenyan. The former president was born in Hawaii.
She wrote that she was unable to put on a happy face and smile during President Donald Trump's inauguration in her new book.
- Author Ray Bradbury used a typewriter for rent at the library to write his work known as "Fahrenheit 451", which was published in 1953.
David McCullough bought a second-hand Royal typewriter in 1965 and has used it to compose every book he has published.
- Author Cormac McCarthy continues to write his novels on an Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter to the present day. In 2009, the Lettera he obtained from a pawn shop in 1963,
on which nearly all his novels and screenplays have been written, was auctioned for charity at Christie's for $254,500. After it was sold McCarthy obtained an identical replacement for $20 to continue writing on.
- The Egyptian government, often sentences writers and journalists for their writing in books or articles in magazines or newspapers; in February 2016 its public prosecutor sentenced writer
Ahmed Naji to 2 years in prison and fined $1,277 for his novel "The Use of Life",
in which the characters smoke cannabis, have sex and wander the city; in 2013, writer Karam Saber was sentenced to 5 years in jail on charges of "contempt for religion" for his short story collection
"Where is God"; and in 2008, comic-book writer Magdy El Shafee
was fined and his graphic novel "Metro" was banned, it was republished in 2012.
- Wikipedia, one of the top 10 websites in the world, is relied on by students, scholars, journalists, and citizens; 90% of Wikipedia's editors are male.
- "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", a children's adventure novel written in 1865, by Lewis Carroll,
was formerly banned in the province of Hunan, China, beginning in 1931, for its portrayal of anthropomorphized
animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings. The censor Chinese government believed that attributing human language to animals was an insult to humans,
and feared that the book would teach children to regard humans and animals on the same level, which would be "disastrous".
- The first book that was written using the typewriter was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" written by Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910) in 1876
- "The Diary of Anne Frank", an autobiography book written in 1947 by Anne Frank,
was banned in Lebanon for "portray[ing] Jews, Israel or Zionism favorably"
- Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910) didn't graduate from elementary school. In 1848, when Twain was 12, he left school after the fifth grade to become a printer's apprentice and never went back to study in schools again.
- "Big River, Big Sea Untold Stories of 1949", a non-fiction novel written in 2009 by Lung Ying-tai
was banned in mainland China after it was sold over 100,000 copies in Taiwan and 10,000 in Hong Kong in the first month of release.
- "Zhuan Falun", a spiritual book written in 1993 by Li Hongzhi,
was banned in Mainland China, for teachings of Falun Gong, a religion prohibited in China.
- "The Devil's Discus", a non-fiction novel written in 1964 by Rayne Kruger, was banned in Thailand in 2006,
for an inquiry into the mysterious death of the 20-year-old King of Thailand just after the Second World War.
- "One Day of Life", a novel written in 1980 by Manlio Argueta,\
was banned by El Salvador for its portrayal of human rights violations.
- "All Quiet on the Western Front", an anti-war novel written in 1929 by Erich Maria Remarque,
was banned by Nazi German government, for being demoralizing and insulting to the Wehrmacht.
- "Animal Farm", a political
novel written in 1945 by George Orwell,
was banned in the USSR and other communist countries - The book is still banned in North Korea, and censored in Vietnam. In 2002, the novel was banned in the schools of the United Arab Emirates, because of text or images against Islamic values.
- "American Psycho", a novel written in 1991 by Bret Easton Ellis,
was banned in the Australian State of Queensland. It now is available in some public libraries and for sale to people 18 years and older.
- "An Area of Darkness", a travelogue essay written in 1964 by V. S. Naipaul,
was banned in India for its negative portrayal of India and its people.
- "Angaray", a progressive short stories book written in 1932 by Sajjad Zaheer,
was banned in India in 1936 by the British government.
- "Borstal Boy", an autobiographical novel written in 1958 by Brendan Behan
was banned in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 1958 until 1963, for its critique of Irish republicanism and the Catholic Church, and its depiction of adolescent sexuality.
- "The World Is Full of Married Men", a novel written in 1968 by Jackie Collins,
was banned in Australia and South Africa in 1968 for nasty, filthy and disgusting.
- "The Boys", an American creator-owned comic book
series, written from 2006 to 2008 by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed and illustrated by Darick Robertson
was banned in 2012 by Qatar.
- "Burger's Daughter", a novel written in 1979 by Nadine Gordimer,
was banned in South Africa from July, 1979 to October 1979 for against the government's racial policies.
- "Candide", a novel written in 1759 by Voltaire, was seized by US Customs in 1930 for obscenity.
- "Catch-22", a novel written in 1961 by Joseph Heller,
was banned in several cities in the U.S.: Strongsville, Ohio (from 1972 to 1976), Dallas, Texas (1974) and
Snoqualmie, Washington (1979), because of some references to women as "whores" in the novel.
- "Brave New World", a novel written in 1932 by Aldous Huxley,
was banned in Ireland in 1932 and Australia from 1932 to 1937, allegedly because of references of sexual promiscuity.
- "The Stud", a novel written in 1969 by Jackie Collins,
was banned in Australia in 1969 for its explicit sexual content.
- "The Da Vinci Code", a novel written in 2003 by Dan Brown,
was banned in September 2004 in Lebanon after Catholic leaders deemed it offensive to Christianity
- The Codex Leicester is a collection of famous scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The Codex is named after Thomas Coke, later created Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1719.
Of Leonardo's 30 scientific journals, the Codex may be the most famous of all. The manuscript holds the record for the sale price of any book, when it was sold to Bill Gates at Christie's auction house on 11 November 1994 in New York for US$30,802,500.
- "The Country Girls", a novel written in 1960 by Edna O'Brien,
was banned by Ireland's censorship board in 1960 for its explicit sexual content.
- "The Dark", a novel written in 1965 by John McGahern,
was banned in Ireland for obscenity.
- "The Death of Lorca", a biography book written in 1971 by Ian Gibson,
was banned briefly in Spain.
- "Curved River", a short stories collection edited by ivojin Pavlović in 1963,
was banned by Yugoslavia
- Banned Books and Other Forms of Censorship in Vietnam During 2002
- The American 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, was probably the most well-read president; he read an average of one book per day.
- Billionaire Warren Buffett bought 28 regional newspapers for $344 million over 18 months in 2011, 2012 and 2013; his BH Media Group
now owns 69 titles. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million,
and former hedge fund manager and Red Sox owner John Henry bought The Boston Globe last year for $70 million.
- Before the invention of newspapers in the early 17th century, official government bulletins were circulated at times in some centralized empires
- As of 2005, there were approximately 6,580 daily newspaper titles in the world selling 395 million print copies a day (in the U.S., 1,450 titles selling 55 million copies).
- The German-language Relation aller Fόrnemmen und gedenckwόrdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in
Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
- The first English-language newspaper, Corrant out of Italy, Germany, etc., was published in Amsterdam in 1620.
- La Gazette (originally published as Gazette de France) is the first newspaper in France was published in 1631.
- The first newspaper in Portugal, A Gazeta da Restauraηγo, was published in 1641 in Lisbon
- The first Spanish newspaper, Gaceta de Madrid, was published in 1661.
- Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (founded as Ordinari Post Tijdender) was first published in Sweden in 1645, and is the oldest newspaper still in existence, though it now publishes solely online.
- Opregte Haarlemsche Courant from Haarlem, first published in 1656, is the oldest paper still printed.
- The first newspaper in Poland, Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny, was published in Krakσw in 1661.
- The first successful English daily newspaper is The Daily Courant, which was published from 1702 to 1735.
- The first newspaper in the American colonies is Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
published by Benjamin Harris in Boston in 1690.
- The first continuously published newspaper in the American colonies is The Boston News-Letter in Boston in 1704
- The Pennsylvania Evening Post is the first American daily newspaper in 1783
- In 1752, John Bushell published the Halifax Gazette, which claims to be "Canada's first newspaper."
- In 1764, the Quebec Gazette was first printed 21 June 1764 and remains the oldest continuously published newspaper in North America as the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. It is currently published as an English-language weekly from its offices at 1040 Belvιdθre, suite 218, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- The first newspaper in Peru was El Peruano, established in October 1825.
- The first modern newspaper in Japan is the Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser, which was published bi-weekly by the Englishman A. W. Hansard; the first edition appeared on 22 June 1861.
- Spain (at Segovia) and in Spanish language.
- "Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" was the first book printed in 1475 in the English language.
- "Bay Psalm" is the first book printed in British North America in 1640.
- "New South Wales General Standing Orders" was the first book printed in Australia in 1802, comprising Government and General Orders issued between 1791 and 1802.
- The book in codex form and printed on paper, as we know it today, dates from the 15th century.
- Books printed before January 1, 1501, are called incunables
- The first printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440.
- In the year 377, there were 28 libraries in Rome.
- Book production developed in Rome in the 1st century BC with Latin literature.
- The Library at Pergamon, founded by Attalus I, contained 200,000 volumes,
were moved to the Serapeion by Mark Antony
and Cleopatra, after the destruction of the Museion. The Serapeion was partially destroyed in 391, and the last books disappeared in 641 CE following the Arab conquest.
- The Library of Alexandria, a library created by Ptolemy Soter and set up by Demetrius Phalereus (Demetrius of Phaleron),
contained 500,900 volumes (in the Museion section) and 40,000 at the Serapis temple (Serapeion). The Museion was partially destroyed in 47 BC.
- Silk, in China, was a base for writing, which was done with brushes.
- Writing appears to have developed between the 7th millennium BC and the 4th millennium BC.
- Writing on bone, shells, wood and silk existed in China long before the 2nd century BC.
- The first printing of books started in China and was during the Tang Dynasty (618907), but exactly when is not known.
- The oldest extant printed book is a Tang Dynasty work of the Diamond Sutra and dates back to 868
- Paper was invented in China around the 1st century AD.
- The Necklace (1884) written by Guy de Maupassant is a famous short story and morality tale that is widely read in classrooms throughout the world.
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" written by Ambrose Bierce is a most famous short story. It was first published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1890; and
it then appeared in Bierce's 1891 collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
- As of August 2010, as per Google, there are 129,864,880 books in the world
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