https://www.scmp.com/rss/524274/feed The latest news and top stories on William Faulkner. He was an American novelist and short story writer, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. Known for his works set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, he explored Southern themes using stream-of-consciousness and complex narrative techniques. He also received two Pulitzer Prizes and worked as a screenwriter. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Betty Boop and Nancy Drew are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual property whose 95-year US copyright maximum has been reached, putting them in the public domain on January 1. That means creators can use and repurpose them without permission or payment. The 2026 batch of newly public artistic creations does not quite have the sparkle of other recent years’ entries... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338799/2026-public-domain-movies-cartoons-comics-and-books-include-betty-boop-nancy-drew?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338799/2026-public-domain-movies-cartoons-comics-and-books-include-betty-boop-nancy-drew?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:15:08 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang Chinese novelist Yan Lianke is considered a strong contender to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yan uses magical and absurd imagery to depict the realities of rural China, particularly the lives of ordinary people in the Mao Zedong era. His awards include the Franz Kafka Prize, the Lao She Literary Award and the Lu Xun Literary Prize. Yan is a professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing and a chair professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In this interview, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326962/literary-anarchist-yan-lianke-chinese-writers-nobel-prize-and-censorship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326962/literary-anarchist-yan-lianke-chinese-writers-nobel-prize-and-censorship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:00:17 +0000