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Rabindranath Tagore 80th death anniversary: Here are few unforgettable quotes by him
Trendingdesk •Tagore's works were known across the world; they were also widely translated into languages including English, Dutch, German, Spanish, and other European dialects.
In reading Nobel winner Louise Glück's poems, a cruel confrontation with the monsters in ourselves
•One of the things to love about Glück’s poetry is that, while her work contains many emotional registers, she is not afraid to be cruel.
Booker Prize 2020 postponed to avoid overlap with release of Barack Obama's memoir, A Promised Land
•It is unusual for the Booker, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, to delay its prize announcement for a single book’s release.
Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel, Klara and the Sun, to be out in March 2021
•Kazuo Ishiguro's upcoming novel is the story of Klara, an artificial friend who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside.
Peter Handke wins Nobel Prize in Literature: Even after Arnault affair, the Swedish Academy just can’t get it right
Aditya Mani Jha •Instead of cribbing about the backlash, the Swedish Academy should have picked a worthier candidate than Peter Handke.
Two Nobel Prizes for Literature to be awarded this year after sex scandal postponed 2018 award
•The Swedish academy will be allowed to award the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature this year, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday, after a sex scandal forced a postponement of last year's prize.
VS Naipaul, Nobel Laureate known for novels like The Mystic Masseur, passes away aged 85
•Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001 “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.”
Orhan Pamuk's The Red-Haired Woman reiterates his strong hold over melancholic oeuvre
Nimish •Orhan Pamuk's latest translated novel, The Red-Haired Woman, tells the story of Cem, a 16-year old student from Istanbul, apprenticed to a traditional well-digger
Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 awarded to 'The Remains of the Day' writer Kazuo Ishiguro
Fp Staff •The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro, "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".
Bob Dylan finally accepts his Nobel Prize in Stockholm, reports Swedish media
•Bob Dylan has finally accepted his Nobel literature award in a secret meeting with the Swedish Academy, which honoured him for his poetry.