writers

Today in history: Novelist Saul Bellow born 100 years ago

June 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

He would become one of America's great postwar authors, examining complex urban antiheroes at war with the society they live in.

Illinois Woman’s Press Association honors People’s World writers

May 27, 2015 By Combined Sources

People's World writers won six first place awards, one second place, two third places, and one honorable mention.

Today in women’s history: Ding Ling, forgotten Chinese author, remembered

March 4, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1986, the writer Ding Ling, a champion of women's rights, died. Born as Jiang Bingzhi in Linli, Hunan province, China.

Today in labor history: Stephen Hawking born

January 8, 2014 By Blake Skylar

As recently as 2011, Hawking remarked, "Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge."

Today in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40

November 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.