Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020

The Nobel Prize, 2020 was awarded to Louise Gluck for her poetry. She is the first female poet to win the prize since Wislawa Szymborska in 1996. Though Olga Tokarczuk and several other women have received the prize in literature category they were all writers and not a poet. Thus, Louis Gluck is the second ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Alfred Nobel • Literature • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature

Asia’s Nobel Prize-Ramon Magsaysay Awards cancelled

A Manila, Philippines based foundation that gives out Ramon Magsaysay Award announced that the awards are being cancelled due to COVID-19. Highlights The Ramon Magsaysay Award has been cancelled thrice in 6 decades. The awards were cancelled for the first time in 1970 due to financial crisis. It was cancelled again in 1990 due to ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Government services • Journalism Award • Literature • Nobel Prize • Philippines • Public Service • Ramon Magsaysay Award

Former Rajya Sabha member and veteran journalist Patil Puttappa passes away

On March 17, 2020, the veteran journalist and Rajya Sabha member Patil Puttappa passed away at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS). He died due to age related ailments. About Patil Puttappa Puttappa represented the state of Karnataka for two terms. He was a hardcore Kannada activist, popular writer and a journalist. He was ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Freedom Fighter • Freedom Struggle • Journalism • Kannada • Literature • Rajya Sabha • World Heritage site

Sahitya Akademi awards announced

On December 18, 2019, Sahitya Akademi announced its awardees for this year. It announced seven books of poetry, six short stories, four novels, three non-fiction books and three essays. Highlights Sashi Tharoor, the former external affairs minister has won the award for his book “An Era of Darkness”. The other awardees include Chinmoy Guha, a ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: 2019 sahitya akademi • Culture • Literature • Sahitya Akademi • Sahitya Akademi Award

Uttar Pradesh government to organize India’s first training and performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila

The Culture Department of Uttar Pradesh government has decided to organise India’s first training and performance programme of world famous KHON (???) Ramlila. The artists will get training from experts of Thailand as part of cultural exchange programme between two nations. Then, they will perform at Grand Deepotsav function which will be organised on 26th ..

Topics: Cultural heritage of India • Culture • Culture of Uttar Pradesh • Culture of Uttarakhand • Indian culture • Khon • Literature • Rama • Ramlila • Theatre in India