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Jayanta Mahapatra, one of the pioneers of Indian English Literature, as a poet and essayist , passed away yesterday. I've only read a few of his poems, but he was well respected in this country. https://www.dtnext.in/news/national/eminent-litterateur-jayanta-mahapatra-passes-away-at-95-732570...

British writer and historian, specialized on South Asian Studies, passed away, succumbed to cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_French He is known in the literary world for his remarkable Biography of V S Naipaul ( The World What It Is )

French writer, mostly known for the books 'City of Joy' , Freedom at Midnight, O Jerusalem etc , passed away last night. He is well knoiwn and read here in India, for most of his writing were about India. City of Joy, on the city of Kolkata ( Calcutta) arguably the most known work, which...

2022 winner : https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-706932 Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure, was named on Tuesday as the 2022 winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Past winners : https://www.samirohrprize.org/winners I am not...

Omani writer Dr. Jokha Al Harthi wins the Arabic Literature Prize... She had earlier won the Man Booker International in 2019 for her Novel 'Celestial Bodies'.. https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/oman/omani-writer-dr-jokha-al-harthi-wins-the-arabic-literature-prize-1.84001397 Their website...

This year's winners are announced.. https://socanews.com/news/canisia-lubrin-wins-caribbean-literature-prize From their site : The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first presented in 2011. Books are judged in three...

Bangalore based, Jnanpith Award winner, playwright,actor passed away today morning after a prolonged illness. Last time I heard him was at Bangalore Literature Festival where he talked about his latest play 'Rakshasa Tangadi' ( based on the war of Talikota , of Vijayanagara Empire) for over an...

I had the privilege of meeting Our Fellow member Humayun, a couple of days back here in Bangalore. We had some great discussion in general about books and in particular about the writing / Literary scene in Bangladesh. I have requested him to enlighten us here in detail. This is to get him...

Jaipur Literature Festival has a parallel track on translators this year. 11 prominent translators are expected to participate at the Jaipur Bookmark (JBM) https://scroll.in/article/910442/11-translators-from-around-the-world-you-shouldnt-miss-at-this-years-jaipur-literature-festival

A new award for translated Indian Contemporary writing is initiated. Inaugural award is won by Malayalam Writer Benyamin for his book Jasmine Days. I have that in original Malayalam, and probably it's the right time to read it. Here is the short list ...

Hi Mods, I am unable to make changes to the 2018 Reading list. The error is about the number of characters. It says, I have crossed the maximum limit of 30000 characters. Any suggestions..

Jeremy Tiang wins Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction category for novel on leftist movements and the rest : - Fiction in Chinese: Lee Chuan Low, Rescue Frontline; Zhang Hui, Smoker Memories - Fiction in English: Jeremy Tiang, State of Emergency - Fiction in Malay: No top winner...

Kedarnath Singh, one of the major poets of Hindi, passed away yesterday. He was the recipient of the coveted 'jnanpith award' in the year 2013. Not many of his works are available in translation ( to English). However some poor samples can be read here. The translation in this page reads as if...

Anuk Arudpragasam, Sri Lankan writer, won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature this year for his novel 'The Story of a Brief Marriage'. http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/anuk-arudpragasam-wins-the-dsc-prize-for-south-asian-literature-2017-4943504/ Here is a review about...

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/tom-stoppard-wins-2017-david-cohen-prize-literature-671136 Interesting list of past awardees.. from the Wiki Page 1993: V. S. Naipaul 1995: Harold Pinter 1997: Muriel Spark 1999: William Trevor 2001: Doris Lessing 2003: Beryl Bainbridge and Thom Gunn...

'Considered the grand dame of Hindi literature, Krishna Sobti (born 18 February, 1925)' has been awarded this year's Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India. https://scroll.in/latest/856598/krishna-sobti-wins-jnanpith-award-for-her-contribution-to-hindi-literature Many of her...

Ashokamitran , one of the prominent writers in Tamil Language passed away yesterday. He is largely unknown 'here' , though a fair amount of his works have been translated to English. http://www.livemint.com/Politics/MCbs7k2yiwKPDs77DnEBKN/Eminent-Tamil-writer-Ashokamitran-dies-at-86.html Wiki...

Did not see a thread on him. I haven't read any of his books, have one in my huge TBR pile. However, here is a recent interview that appeared here. http://www.newsgram.com/if-gods-can-be-gay-why-cant-we-maori-author-witi-ihimaera-is-a-moving-force-in-giving-voice-to-maoris-in-new-zealand/...

Re: Mahasweta Devi Mahaswetadevi passed away today after a month long illness. She was 91. Great loss to Bengali/Indian Literature http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Eminent-writer-Mahasweta-Devi-passes-away-in-Kolkata/2016/07/28/article3551527.ece

I understand, Swedish poet and Novelist Lars Gustafsson passed away yesterday. There wasn't much of a news about this in the regular places. Probably he is not so well known. I have read a few books of him and place him high. "Death of a Beekeeper" and "A Tiler's Afternoon" are very...