Literature
Britain marks Charles Dickens bicentenary

Britain marks Charles Dickens bicentenary - 2012-02-07

LONDON, Guy Jackson- Britain on Tuesday marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, acclaimed as one of the finest writers of the English language and one whose novels have become...
Muslim activists scupper Rushdie video address

Muslim activists scupper Rushdie video address - 2012-01-25

JAIPUR, S.P. Singh- A video address by British author Salman Rushdie to a book festival in India was scrapped on Tuesday after police warned that Islamic hardliners in the crowd posed a security...
Novelist Umberto Eco to be awarded Dutch city honour

Novelist Umberto Eco to be awarded Dutch city honour - 2012-01-24

THE HAGUE- Italian master novelist Umberto Eco has been awarded the second Nijmegen Medal of Peace for his role in the debate on the past and future of Europe, the Dutch city announced Monday. "An...

Russian author Akunin reveals 'female penname' - 2012-01-13

"Boring is the writer who never wanted to be an authoress. That is to try to imagine: what it is like to be a woman and look at the world through a woman's eyes," he said in his Wednesday blog post....

952 children died in Finland war prison camps: historian - 2012-01-05

HELSINKI- Nearly 1,000 children died in prison camps after being held for suspected links with a Soviet-backed group during Finland's 1918 civil war, a war historian said Wednesday. "At that time...
'Things Fall Apart' author rejects Nigerian national award

'Things Fall Apart' author rejects Nigerian national award - 2011-11-15

LAGOS- Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, renowned for his classic novel "Things Fall Apart," has rejected a government offer to honour him with one of the nation's highest awards. The 80-year-old...

Czech writer, diplomat Jiri Grusa dies at 72: report - 2011-10-29

Grusa was persecuted by the communist regime for his novel "Mimner" in 1969 and arrested for his novel "The Questionnaire" in 1978. He signed the 1977 anti-communist manifesto, Charter 77, in...

Nepal holds first international literary festival - 2011-09-19

KATHMANDU- Nepal's first international literary festival drew authors from around the world and hundreds of booklovers to the historic city of Patan over the weekend. The three-day Kathmandu...

The 9/11 attacks as a literary watershed - 2011-09-04

PARIS, Myriam Chaplain-Riou- Ten years on, the dust from the twin towers hasn't finished settling on the literary world and continues to feed a growing body of fiction exploring the moral and...

Kashmir literary festival off over fears of violence - 2011-08-29

"Holding such a festival would dovetail with the state's concerted attempt to portray that all is normal in Kashmir," read the letter, signed among others by leading Kashmiri writers Basharat Peer...
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Egypt convicts top Arab actor for 'defaming Islam'

"Some people seeking fame filed a suit against me over works I have done which they consider insulting to Islam, and this is of course not true," he said. The 71-year-old celebrity has a long history of legal tangles with Islamists who regard the...