Marie-Claire Blais, a novelist whose long, elliptical sentences and incisive explorations of human consciousness won her comparisons with Virginia Woolf and a place alongside Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood as one of Canada's greatest contemporary writers, died Nov. 30 at her home in Key West, Florida. She was 82.
Sofia Coppola to Receive Cinematographers Board of Governors Award
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She will be honored during the 35th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards.
Sofia Coppola will receive the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award during the 35th Annual ASC Awards on April 18.
“Beginning with her breakout hit
The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola has been a powerful influence in the filmmaking community,” said ASC president Stephen Lighthill. “We’re excited to honor her contributions and celebrate her accomplishments. Her collaborative spirit and imaginative execution puts her at the forefront of a unique cinematic category.