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Nabaneeta Dev Sen honoured with 2017 Big Little Book Award in Bengali language

Popular Bengali writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen has been has been declared winner of the 2017 Big Little Book...

📅 November 21, 2017

Book “Age of Anger: A History of Present” wins Book of Year Award 2017

At the 8th edition of the Tata Literature festival-2017, the book “Age of Anger: A History of the...

📅 November 20, 2017

Sergio Ramirez wins 2017 Cervantes Prize

Sergio Ramirez Mercado, the Nicaraguan author and former politician, has won the 2017 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s...

📅 November 18, 2017

Who was Chinua Achebe?

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was a Nigerian novelist, best known for his first and magnum opus “Things Fall Apart...

📅 November 17, 2017

Poet Kunwar Narayan passes away

Kunwar Narayan (90), the renowned poet in Indian literature, has passed away in New Delhi on November 15,...

📅 November 16, 2017

Krishna Sobti chosen for 53rd Jnanpith Award 2017

Krishna Sobti (92), the renowned Hindi Litterateur, has been chosen for the 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year...

📅 November 5, 2017

K Satchidanandan selected for Kerala’s top literary award “Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017”

K Satchidanandan, noted Malayalam Poet and literary critic, has been selected for the prestigious 2017 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the...

📅 November 2, 2017

Who was Abdul Qavi Desnavi?

Abdul Qavi Desnavi was an eminent Writer, Critic, Bibliographist, Linguist & Scholar of Urdu language. He was born...

📅 November 1, 2017

Punathil Kunjabdulla, renowned Malayalam writer passes away

Punathil Kunjabdulla (77), the renowned writer and Malayalam novelist, has passed away in Kozhikode, Kerala. His works includes...

📅 October 29, 2017

George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

US author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in...

📅 October 18, 2017

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