This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.
” The whole point of art/literature is to encourage people to question everything.” Megha Rao
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Turkish Author Sabahattin Ali’s “Madonna in a Fur Coat”, originally published in 1943, tells the story of Raif Efendi, a young Turkish man who journeys to 1920s Berlin to learn a trade and ends up finding himself through a chance encounter with an artist named Maria Puder. The novel, initially overlooked by critics as just another love story, has since become a celebrated work in Turkish literature, lauded for its poignant exploration of love, longing, and the complexities of the human soul.
“It’s a mistake to think that ‘fiction’ and ‘truth’ are opposites.” Dirk Collier
It is a romanced attempt by a twenty-first-century Western European to read into the mind of a 16th-century Indian monarch
The Asian Prize for Poetry 2025 is now open for submissions
The Asian Group of Literature is pleased to announce the launch of The Aisan Prize for Poetry’s inaugural edition. The Asian Prize for Poetry is a non-monitory award that aims to create a global platform of appreciation for the outstanding work of poetry by writers around the world.
The Asian Trio come to Sinhala…
The Asian Group plans to launch the translations of the books selected for the super shortlist in the year 2025 itself, while the rest of the books made to the shortlist will come to Sihala in early 2026.
V.V. Ganeshananthan unifies three literary landscapes by winning The Asian Prize for Fiction 2023.
V. V. Ganeshananthan’s win in The Asian Prize for Fiction highlights her remarkable talent and connects her work to a vast global audience. This achievement not only celebrates her literary artistry but also unifies three different literary landscapes. Her work has garnered significant recognition, as evidenced by winning three esteemed prizes: the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Asian Prize for Fiction in 2023. This commendation speaks to the impact of her writing on readers around the world.
The Most Anticipated The Asian Trio Announced
The highlight of November was the eagerly awaited announcement of the Super Shortlist for The Asian Prize of Fiction, delivered by The Asian Committee on November 13, 2024. Out of six outstanding works of seamlessly woven prose that delve into unexplored themes and relevant social issues, three authors made it to the final list: Indian author Arefa Tehsin, Nepali-Indian author Smriti Ravindra, and American fiction writer V.V. Ganeshananthan.
‘Art has always been a powerful tool for driving social change…’ Bodhini Samaratunga.
Bodhini Samaratunga is an accomplished emerging writer from Sri Lanka who is now based in Sweden. Her writing is firmly centred on social change, powered by her extensive experience as a medical professional working with marginalised populations. Bodhini is a strong advocate for purposeful writing, asserting that it transcends mere leisure.
A New Blossom in the World of Poetry, from Monrovia, Liberia
A fresh and vibrant voice has emerged in the world of literature, as Ms. Prutuslyn Sackie prepares to launch her debut book Teenage Musings on Friday, September 13, 2024.
The Longlist of The Asian Prize for Short Story annonced.
The Asian Prizes announced the longlist of The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024 edition on the 31st day of July 2024, at The Asian House of Literature, Sri Lanka. The Prize was one of the two prizes given for unpublished work (The Asian Prize for Short Sotry, The Asian Prize for Poetry) by The Asian Group of Literature.
The Asian Group Welcomes the New Editor in Chief for The Asian Review Global
The Asian Group of Literature extends a heartfelt welcome to Fazmina Imamudeen as she assumes the role of editor-in-chief at The Asian Review Global.
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud’s novel This Strange Eventful History is a captivating exploration of three generations of the Cassar family, spanning seven decades and continents.
V V Ganeshananthan wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
VV Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night has won Women’s Prize for fiction 2024. Sarted in 1995, the $30,000 worth Women’s prize for fiction, currently in its 29th year, claims to be the most significant […]
The faces behind the masterpieces: The Asian Prize for Fiction 2023 – Longlisted Authors
Global literature is nowadays a crazy Darwinian pool, with new talents emerging with wings, old talents sharpening their talons and genes of genres mixing and blurring the lines! The Asian Prize for […]
Commonwealth Regional Prize Winner Saras Manikkam chairs The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024
The Asian Prize for Short Story is an International Prize curated by The Asian Prizes, a subsidiary of The Asian Group of Literature. ‘We had submissions from all over the world, from […]
SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN’S THE HINDU VIEW OF LIFE: A STUDY OF CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES
The teachings of Hinduism as Laxmiprasad explores include an understanding of the human life and the personal virtues of a practicing Hindu. He concludes that the Hindu religion is a pathfinder in searching for the right meaning of life. The philosophers and the thinkers that Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan has quoted are a testament of true scholarship with a quotable quote from the book “Service of one’s fellows is a religious obligation”.
Knife – Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie’s “Knife” is a compelling memoir that delves into the author’s harrowing encounter with attempted murder and the subsequent journey of survival, recovery, and the triumph of love over hatred.
Exploring Sri Lanka’s literay landscape
The novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ written by Shehan Karunatilaka in 2010, is a remarkable piece of work that challenges the standard narrative structures and genres that are present in the literary world.
Featured Book Review – In Search of the Lambs and Other Stories by Divyank J
Featured Book Review – In Search of the Lambs and Other Stories by Divyank is a Collection of Ten Short Stories.
Are writers destined to be doomed by the rise of AI-powered machines?
Ceylon Literary Festival 2024 talks about a very real contemporary issue: Are writers destined to be doomed by the rise of AI-powered machines? Let’s face it. AI is here to stay. We have only scratched the mere surface of an unfathomable future with generative AI, and that’s the truth.
The Asian Review 