Some wonderful literary news to behold: The Story Prize, established in 2004 and sponsored by the Chisholm Foundation, has announced the finalists for its 2020/21 prize, which honors the best short story […]
The 2020 Finalists for The Story Prize
Cynthia Leitich Smith: Winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature
The University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, World Literature Today, announced Cynthia Leitich Smith as the winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. Awarded in […]
Literature’s Infatuation with the ‘Good vs Evil’ Construct
Many readers in Southeast Asia are familiar with the legends of Lord Rama and the demon king Ravana, and there is no doubt about the fact that the most important theme of […]
A Transformation in Our Reading Habits Amid a Pandemic
During times of crisis, people find themselves faced with lifestyle changes. One of the earliest and most noticeable changes seen during the Covid-19 lockdown was how we consume media – and especially how we read. […]
A Few Facts about Louise Glück – the 2020 Winner of the Nobel Literature Prize
American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”- as stated by the Swedish Academy a few […]
Eric Jerome Dickey: Best-Selling US Author of Thought-Provoking African-American Fiction Dies at 59
Author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels of romance, mystery and adventure were best-selling page-turners over more than 20 years, has died aged 59. The US writer wrote 30 novels about breathless relationships […]
Down the memory lane, along the footsteps of Orwell and Neruda..
A couple of weeks has passed since the Irrawaddy literary festival which attracts writers and publishers around the world to Myanmar, an east Asian nation that has contributed enormously to global literature since […]
CANADIAN WRITER MARGARET ATWOOD WINS 2020’S DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
Margaret Atwood, whose sweeping body of work includes “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a depiction of a nightmarish totalitarian future for the United States, is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award that […]
‘THE BATTLE OF BELONGING’ OF SHASHI THAROOR IS LAUNCHED…
Shashi Tharoor’s latest book ‘The Battle of Belonging’ was formally launched at the Prabha Khaitan Foundation’s signature event Kitab by Chief Guest Hamid Ansari, former Vice-President of India, Farooque Abdullah, Chairman J&K […]
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