Thursday, 20 March 2025

Banaras Lit Fest announces winners for 2025 Book Awards in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation

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  A lifetime achievement award was given to Hindi writer Kashinath Singh, and an award for scheduled Indian languages to writer Radha Vallab...
Tuesday, 18 February 2025

PM Narendra Modi Meets US Billionaire and Tesla-XSpace Man Elon Musk, Gifts Rich Indian Literature to His Children

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  PM Modi gifted Elon Musk’s children with three classical works of Indian literature. Washington, DC – In a significant diplomatic encounte...
Tuesday, 21 January 2025

The Hindu Lit For Life 2025 at Lady Andal school in Chennai on January 18, 2025

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  The first day of The Hindu’s Lit for Life 2025 explored the power of words and language, Tamil poetry, and literary discussions T he openi...
Sunday, 1 December 2024

Amitav Ghosh Laureate Erasmus Prize 2024

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  The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2024 to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. He receives the prize for his pas...
Monday, 18 November 2024

Ruskin Bond receives Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman for Lifetime Achievement

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  Legendary author Ruskin Bond was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the second edition of the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman awards b...
Thursday, 10 October 2024

A Korean win: On the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

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By  awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature to South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang  this year, the Swedish Academy has done two things. ...
Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Literature festival announces celebrity guests

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  Cheltenham Literature Festival has announced its 2024 line-up as it celebrates its 75th anniversary. This year's programme features ap...