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| | Caltech Press Release, 3/29/2004, |
 | | McEwan is the author of more than ten books, including Amsterdam (1998), winner of the prestigious Booker Prize; The Child in Time (1987), winner of the Whitbread Award; and the story collection, First Love, Last Rites (1975), winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. |
 | | Besides hosting writers in residence, the program also presents an annual science-writing symposium and awards modest grants to support literary activities on campus. |
 | | Words Matter is intended to cultivate students' interest in writing in its varied forms and to foster an appreciation of the many ways in which words do, indeed, matter. |
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