Topic: Author
Indian-American Author Akhil Sharma wins 2016 International Dublin Literary Award
Indian American author Akhil Sharma won the prestigious 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semi-autobiographical novel “Family Life.” His novel was shortlisted out of an initial 160...
Renowned British author Anita Brookner passes away
Renowned British author and art historian Anita Brookner passed away. She was 87. Brookner had won the Booker in 1984 for her novel Hotel du Lac and was...
Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passes away
Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away in Milan, Italy at the age of 84 years. He was best known for his historical mystery novel ‘The Name...
Noted Hindi writer and journalist Ravindra Kalia passes away
Noted Hindi writer and journalist Ravindra Kalia passed away in New Delhi after suffering from liver cirrhosis. He was 78. He was known for his works like Ghalib...
Renowned American Science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson passes away
Renowned American science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson passed away in Los Angeles, US. He was 86. He was best known for dystopian novel Logan’s Run, which adapted into...
Salman Rushdie awarded 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement
India-born author Salman Rushdie has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement. He has been bestowed with this award for fully exercising his freedom of...
Noted Children's Book Writer Kamala Laxman passes away
A noted writer of children’s books Kamala Laxman passed away on 14 November 2015 in Pune. She was 90. She was widow of legendary cartoonist R K Laxman...
Jamaican author Marlon James wins 2015 Man Booker Prize
Jamaican author Marlon James has won the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. With this, he became first Jamaican to...
Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award
Noted Canadian author Naomi Klein has won the 36th edition of American Book Award 2015. She has won this award for her environmental work This Changes Everything: Capitalism...
Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha selected for Japan's Fukuoka Prize
Eminent Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japan’s Fukuoka Prize 2015 in n the Academic category. Apart from him Thant Myint-U (Grand Prize category) and Minh Hanh...
Book on 20th century Dogri literature by Dr. Vijay Seth released
A comprehensive book in Dogri language on the Dogri literature of 20th century entitled ‘Beehmi Sadi Da Dogri Da Gadya Sahitya : Ik Jayzaa ’ was released in...
