Nov 21 2024The American Library Association purchases and in some instances microfilms 35 sets of books and sets of 350 U.S. scholarly journals for distribution to war-ravaged libraries in Europe and Asia.A similar program for British publications is funded by the Foundation through the Royal Society in London.
Nov 21 2024The Foundation establishes the Atlantic Awards to assist promising British writers “dislocated and exhausted” after the war, with 47 writers, poets and playwrights receiving awards.In the U.S., grants are made to Kenyon Review, Sewanee Review and Pacific Spectator to subsidize young writers. Among those authors are: Irving Howe, Flannery O’Connor, James Baldwin, John Berryman …