Acclaimed author Michelle Richmond, originally from Mobile, Alabama, whose recent novel The Test of Wonders has been hailed as a “gripping thriller” and witty satire of “high-stakes education,” will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from the University of Troy on April 14. Richmond will discuss the evolution of his career sinceRead More →
Zhang Tianyi (张天翼) was a 20th-century Chinese satirist who became editor of a prolific national literary journal. But, as a left-winger and Communist Party member, the public needed to appreciate Zhang’s spirit through underground newspapers. Born in Nanjing on September 26, 1906, Zhang’s ancestors were from Xiangxiang County in theRead More →
February 19, 2022, 08:45 Last modification: February 19, 2022, 10:20 a.m. Shawkat Osman. Illustration: TBS “> Shawkat Osman. Illustration: TBS The progressive cultural activists of Chattogram played a leading role in raising public awareness to make Bengali a state language of Pakistan after 1947. They have been trying to createRead More →
Just over a month ago, Aamir Faraz – the son of the late Afra Bukhari and now literary heir – told me on the phone that his mother’s new collection of short stories Sang-e-Siyah (black stone) had just been released. I had wanted to review the book and also meetRead More →
Content of the article Acclaimed Canadian author Dorothy Speaks has fond memories of growing up in Woodstock. Speaks, who recently published her fourth volume of short stories, arrived in Friendly City when she was just two months old and lived there until she moved away aged 19. “I remember WoodstockRead More →
[ad_1] Help India! Women’s Summit is the annual gathering of members and supporters of Women’s Manifesto, a national NGO formed in 2014. It awards the Women Manifesto Award to eminent women from different fields, who have made significant contributions to society and reached great heights in their professions. Snobar |Read More →
[ad_1] Anne Rice, a gothic novelist who helped resurrect the vampire story with dark and alluring bestsellers such as Interview with the vampire, who was adapted into a blockbuster film and used the popular blood-sucking creature as a means to examine mortality, sexuality and life on the fringes, has diedRead More →
[ad_1] Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Prize and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Prize. The country’s highest literary honor, the Jnanpith is awarded to writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature.” Mauzo, 77, is based in Majorda, Goa, and has previously won theRead More →
[ad_1] Desam was selected for the award because of his contribution to the popularization of Russian literature in India through translations. The 12th Annual Russian Language and Literature Festival was held in Thiruvananthapuram at the Russian House, during which the Sergey Esenin Prize was awarded to novelist, poet and translatorRead More →
News of the death of famous Punjabi novelist Mohan Bhandari swept through literary circles in Chandigarh in no time on Friday. Sick for a few years, the writer breathed his last in his house in sector 34. He was 84 years old. The recipient of several awards, Bhandari, apart fromRead More →
[ad_1] November 23, 2021 17:59 (UTC + 04: 00) 531 By Laman Ismayilova The Baku Book Center brought together all the admirers of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Its 200th anniversary was solemnly celebrated by the Russian Information and Culture Center, Trend Life reported. Philologist and publicist Leyla Sultanzade gave anRead More →
[ad_1] Anne PatchettHeidi ross “These Precious Days,†the new collection of essays from beloved and bestselling author Ann Patchett, is a cornucopia of goodies. Full of spirit and warm, the essays succeed thanks to Patchett’s inimitable and endearing voice. Sincere but never simplistic, generous without being cloying and accessible ratherRead More →
[ad_1] The Situation of Poe by Phil Thomas I thought about the concept for a long time before deciding to write the novel, but I thought it was a story worth telling. BRANDON, Miss (PRWEB) 07 October 2021 It’s October, the scariest month of the year, and the perfect timeRead More →
[ad_1] Lopez’s take on “The Bodyguard†will follow a promising artist rather than an established pop star. Image via Warner Bros. The classic from the early 90s The bodyguard, featuring Whitney houston and Kevin costner, will receive a remake from one of the entertainment industry’s most prestigious playwrights. Matthieu lopezRead More →
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June 1, 2021 6:15 p.m. (UTC+04:00) 1,492 By Laman Ismayilova Prominent Azerbaijani satirist and writer Jalil Mammadguluzade made a significant contribution to critical realism and satirical genre in Azerbaijani literature. The founder of “Molla Nasraddin”, a satirical magazine greatly influenced this genre in the Middle East and Central Asia. HeRead More →
[ad_1] There is a new accolade given to the Monroeville Literary Festival, named after the childhood friend of Harper Lee, who also grew up to be a writer. Allen Wier, who taught creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994, was recently announced as the sixth recipientRead More →
[ad_1] Forty years ago this month, William Boyd’s debut novel, the satirical “A Good Man in Africa” ​​was published with great success, winning the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Book Award for First Novel … even s ‘it was technically Boyd’s fourth. “While getting a graduate degree and teachingRead More →
[ad_1] Alison Lurie was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who combined biting wit and boundless empathy to narrate the lives of women in search of self-awareness and personal growth while going about the business of daily living. In addition to having written 11 works of fiction, Lurie was an essayist andRead More →
[ad_1] Crafted, honed, condensed and polished to perfection; the best short stories are like a precious jewel, as evocative as any novel. As the $ 5000 Sunday Star-Times short story competition enters its final week, Tracy Watkins talks to some of New Zealand’s best loved writers about the art ofRead More →
[ad_1] Ann Beattie, award-winning short story writer and former Edgar Allan Poe professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Virginia, returns to Grounds this fall as the sixth Kapnick Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. Beattie taught at UVA for many years before leaving in 2012 to write full time. HerRead More →
[ad_1] Joshua Bodwell discovered André Dubus’ extraordinary prose in his youth, and therein lies a short story. Twenty years ago, when he was only 23, Joshua Bodwell had a meeting that would change his life. With a book. Or, more precisely, with a writer. Two decades later, Bodwell still remembersRead More →
[ad_1] A lecturer, novelist and short story writer from the University of Chichester has been nominated for a major literary award for his latest book. Contemporary fiction professor Alison MacLeod was shortlisted for the prestigious Edge Hill Short Story Award for All the Beloved Ghosts (Bloomsbury), a collection of storiesRead More →
[ad_1] NEW DELHI – Sanjeev Sanyal wears several hats. From India’s chief economic adviser to urban theorist, from environmentalist to writer, Sanyal brings a vast backdrop to his body of professional experience. The economist went from writing non-fiction to writing news in his latest book titled “Life Over Two Beers”Read More →
[ad_1] IIt’s not just generals who are used to fighting the last war rather than the one to come; artists do it too. The novels, movies, and TV shows that best captured the grim paradoxes of the Vietnam War for Americans – Catch-22, Slaughterhouse 5 and MASH POTATOES – tookRead More →
[ad_1] Alice Munro in 2002. (AP / Paul Hawthorne) This morning, Alice Munro became the first Canadian author and the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Good timing: Munro also said The New York Times this summer she is finished with writing altogether.) In its announcement, theRead More →