American Splendor

$4.25M translation fund launched The federal government will pump $4.25 million into English and French translation of books over the next three years, the Canada Council for the Arts has announced.Gossip Girl writer pens novel for adults Cecily Von Ziegesar, the American writer who created a pop culture phenomenon with her high school set Gossip Girl novels, has moved on to college with her newest book.Comics writer Harvey Pekar dies at 70 Noted comic book writer Harvey Pekar, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series, died early Monday at his home in Cleveland.

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/07/12/obit-pekar-harvey.html