Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at his home in New York […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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