Madulu Mohamed Waheed, who rendered many services to Dhivehi language and literature, passes away

The National Security Services Committee or the 241 Committee of the People's Majlis has decided to ban entry to the Maldives with Israeli passports until Israel stops its ongoing attacks on Palestine, in connection with the proposed issue of banning …

How Black poets built the ‘centrifugal force’ in modern American literature

In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d attended the Assn. of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver that year and felt like he was the only Black poet in attendance. “I wasn’t,” he …

An evening of literature and laughs lined-up in Leamington

AN EVENING of literature and laughs is being held in Leamington as part of the South Warwickshire Literary Festival. Authors Sarah Jane Downing and Dr Adam Sharp will be at creative hub, 1 Mill Street on Thursday June 12 for the festival’s very first …

I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like

Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story. Except this time, I had a secret weapon in my back pocket …

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature, laureate, dies at 89

Ammon News - Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) …

Nobel literature Mario Llosa dies at 89

Peruvian writer and Nobel literature laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa, died on Sunday at the age of 89, his family announced, ending the era of Latin America’s literary golden generation. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our father, Mario Vargas …

Peruvian literature giant Mario Vargas Llosa at the 2011 Buenos Aires International Book Fair

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Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies in Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa, a giant of universal literature, dies

Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa died this Sunday in Lima, his children Álvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana announced in a statement. Born in Arequipa on March 28, 1936, the 2010 Nobel Prize winner for Literature had just turned 89. Author of seminal works …

Literary awards reflect commitment to literature

“The awards validate the authors and provide a platform to showcase their work” WHEN GUMIL Filipinas, the national association of Ilokano writers at home and abroad, meet later this month in Cagayan for their annual convention, included in their template …