By Pamela Bedore, Ph.D., University of Connecticut The idea of ââviolent crime that Burgess introduced into A clockwork orange is extended in 1985. (Image: Nomad_Soul / Shutterstock) Assess A clockwork orange Part 1, which is called “1984”, is an informal and extremely insightful literary review of Orwell – his biography, …
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Many lovers of literature hold that poetry is the highest form. Poetry is certainly the most economical and condensed literary genre. The poet creates sounds and images from words only, and in a few lines evokes memories, emotions and ideas. Authors of short fiction films have a similar task. Where …
Read More »Pfutsero’s teacher, Neitele Mero, releases her first book “Dear God”
Kohima: Dear God, a collection of 58 poems written by a 35-year-old teacher, Neitele Mero, was officially published by Reverend Dr Neingupe Chiero, Senior Pastor of the Baptist Church of the Town of Pfutsero (PTBC), in the town of Pfutsero, in Phek District, Nagaland, Friday evening. The launch of Dear …
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Whether it was Tom Brown, the principle captain of the cricket team in Tom Brown’s School Days, or Darrell Rivers playing lacrosse in Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, or Harry Potter as part of the Quidditch team during From his first year at Hogwarts, the sports hero has long been a …
Read More »The KACF continues its training programs in classical arts, literature
Sharjah24 – WAM: The Khawla Art and Cultural Foundation (KACF), an artistic platform founded by Sheikha Khawla bint Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, wife of Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, national security adviser, continues the deployment of its series of programs specialized training in classical arts and literature, in cooperation …
Read More »Gayatri Spivak and Pratap Bhanu Mehta among British Academy scholarship recipients
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Read More »John of Gaunt Literature Festival celebrates the written and spoken
STUDENTS from a high school in Trowbridge took part in a literature festival designed to celebrate the written and spoken word. The festival, called The Word, was held last week at the John of Gaunt School and celebrated the joy of speaking and writing across age groups with a mix …
Read More »In Hungary: Writers and Bookstores Prepare for LGBT Content Ban | Prism press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers they were selling “non-traditional content”. The signs were installed in response to a new law that prohibits âportraying or promotingâ homosexuality and gender transitions in material accessible to children. While some writers, publishers …
Read More »Amelia Glaser, UC San Diego Eastern European Fellow, selected as Harvard Radcliffe Fellow
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Read More »Ishmael Reed gets the last laugh
âThe crows are gone,â said Ishmael Reed, explaining the songbird chorus. It was a beautiful spring day in Oakland, Calif., And I had just sat down with Reed, his wife, Carla Blank, and their daughter Tennessee in the family garden. The eighty-three-year-old writer looked like “Uncle Ish,” as he calls …
Read More »Book Review: A Review of Buddhist Jurisprudence and Preconstitutional Principles
The recently published book Buddha Jurisprudence and Pre-Constitutional Principles, authored by Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, retired and first chief justice of Bhutan, and Jeffrey Avina provides an in-depth overview of Buddhist teachings relating to law as well as Western legal principles, inviting similarities between two points of view, thus venturing into …
Read More »BOOKS: The interior of northern Alaska holds unexpected secrets | Books & Literature
Jane Ammeson, Times correspondent There are many ways to seemingly vanish into thin air in the interior of northern Alaska, author Connor Sullivan told me when we discussed his fast-paced novel, “Sleeping Bear.” Indeed, there are many ways to die up there: starvation, frostbite and frost, bears and other wildlife, …
Read More »Festschrift in honor of Denja Abdullahi
When beggars die, you don’t see comets; the heavens themselves are set ablaze for the death of princes. The world is a stage and the people in it are just players. If a child washes his hands, he can eat with kings and elders. These three aphorisms popularized by William …
Read More »Bila Hudood, an online Arabic literature festival, transcends borders
Classical Arab writers and poets like Al-Mutanabbi could not have imagined that centuries later, writers would discuss their masterpieces live with an international audience. Thanks to technology, a global audience was recently able to access a recent Arab Literature Festival called âBila Hudood: Arab Literature Everywhereâ. Bila Hudood – the …
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Read More »“Precariousness and belonging” captures the ideas of a global debate on citizenship, migration and socio-economic mobility
An interdisciplinary group of leading academics from UC Santa Cruz has released a new book titled Insecurity & Belonging which culminates in more than five years of collaborative research and discussion around the themes of global migration, citizenship and marginalization. The project began in the spring of 2016, when professor …
Read More »Mieko Kawakami’s Exclusive Global HEAVEN Performance Joins London Literature Festival
the South Rim Center announces its fall season today, headlining an exclusive global event with Sally Rooney (QEH, September 7) that inspires the friendship theme for the 2021 London Literature Festival (October 21 – 31 ), back for the first time since 2019. Following the success of Inside Out, the …
Read More »The Man Who Killed 2 Mass Blacks “Fueled By White Supremacy”
Picture: Schmidt_Alex (Shutterstock) Earlier this week, prosecutors in Suffolk County, Massachusetts released snippets of racist rhetoric written in newspapers by Nathan Allen, who murdered a black man and woman last month in Winthrop, Mass. According to WCVB News, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Allen “wore a hatethed by …
Read More »Gabriel Krauze on Who They Was: “Literature is insanely serious for me”
LLeaning over the balcony of a city, Gabriel Krauze watches the police gather in front of an apartment below, preparing to break down the door. The officers are actors filming a TV show, but the scene isn’t all that different from what Krauze, 35, saw growing up in the business. …
Read More »Doki Doki Plus Literature Club! review: Dark and funny poetry
Salvato team PS Plus for July 2021: A Plague Tale: Innocence debuts on PS5 by Matthieu Liebl Title: Doki Literature Club Doki Plus!Developer: Salvato teamEditor: Salvato teamPlatforms: Nintendo Switch (reviewed on), PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox OneRelease date: June 30, 2021 Doki Literature Club Doki Plus! is …
Read More »Champaklal is a chain smoker according to the original literature and we bet you didn’t know that
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Read More »The authors of the UNM explore the concept of “querencia” in a new book: UNM Newsroom
The basic definition of the Spanish word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from verb interrogator, which means “to want” or “to love”. But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, rooted in deep emotions and culture and a sense of nostalgia and belonging to a …
Read More »New Coming-of-Age novel from Longhorn author addresses faith and family issues
By Courtney Runn in 40 acres, July | August 2021 at July 1, 2021 at 3:14 p.m. | In Kelsey McKinney’s first novel, the Texan landscape – scorched ground, vast blue skies, and oppressive heat – serves as a vibrant backdrop to the secrets of the Nolan sisters. Released on …
Read More »International Literature Prize for The Last One ′ | Culture | Reports on the arts, music and lifestyle of Germany | DW
The International Literature Prize is awarded by the Berlin cultural center Haus der Kulturen der Welt (the House of World Cultures, or HKW) and the Elementarteilchen Foundation. The award honors a work of contemporary literature in translation, so that both the author and the translator receive the award. This year, …
Read More »Beable ™ recognized by the SIIA as the best advanced educational solution for reading / writing / literature. The Beable Life-Ready Literacy® System deserves prestigious industry recognition.
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Read More »Michael Peterman: In “The Mountain and the Valley” with Ernest Buckler
In the early 1970s, a few of my colleagues and I were commissioned to create a first course in Canadian literature for Trent University. Many of us were relatively new to college at the time. What we were trying to do was being repeated across the country. A change was …
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When the crescent was born It grows every night and it’s a full moon at fourteen you were a croissant my boy you fell at fourteen Living in conflict-sensitive areas breeds another kind of poetry – the poetry of distress – powerful enough to convey people’s collective traumatic experiences and …
Read More »Senator Anna M. Kaplan speaks out on white supremacist hate mail
Senator Kaplan, who is Jewish, is notably the first refugee elected to the New York State legislature, having fled her home country over threat of anti-Semitic violence The message included the phrase “109 soon 110” which is recognized by the Anti-Defamation League as a white supremacist shorthand for the anti-Semitic …
Read More »Graduate student explores gay literature’s contributions to social movements, canon
When Percy Shelley called poets “the unrecognized lawmakers of the world,” he was perhaps anticipating the future poetics argument that pitted those interested in form as a matter of primary aesthetics against those who view form. poetry through a political / social lens. Eric Sneathen, a graduate student in literature, …
Read More »Medic’s book of poetry called valuable addition to Urdu literature – Journal
PESHAWAR: In a ceremony, speakers called a doctor’s first collection of poetry a valuable addition to the Urdu treasure. Dr Akifullah Gamaryani, a renowned physician, published his first volume of poetry in Urdu titled âHasilâ. The book was launched in Abbottabad the other day. Ceremony attendees called the book a …
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June 19 – Last Wednesday we resumed our Trivia on Tap series, which had been on hold since early 2020. We had a full house at Tox Brewery in New London, where teams of trivia players with clever names like “Conundrum” and “4-D Mention” sampled craft beers and best answered …
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The island of Ireland has a worldwide reputation for its ability to tell stories – classic novels, original texts, modern tomes, plays, prose and poetry that have stood the test of time and continue to appear on the exam papers – and the Isolated North is no different. Seamus Heaney, …
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AMP no. 003 for his book project âSpeculative Coolnessâ. Seventy Cal State Fullerton faculty members were granted sabbaticals for publishing and art creation, class research and development during the period from Spring 2021 to Fall 2022 Three other faculty members were granted leave of absence for the difference in salary …
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For many years Africa has suffered and been the center of terrible news and unnecessary exposure. As a result, the mere mention of ?? Africa ?? paints a picture of famine, despair, and a primitive culture and attitude. The world’s view of Africa as a miserable place has not changed. …
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Mr. Editor, This is a response to a letter published in Stabroek News on June 13, 2021, titled âIvermectin is an unproven drug not to be used for the treatment of Covid-19â by Dr Jacquelyn Jhingree, PhD. This letter is such an affront to the meaning and fundamental logic that …
Read More »Author refused Queen’s MBE due to the ‘brutal’ history of the British Empire
One writer turned down an MBE from the Queen because he disagreed with her roots and background. Nikesh Shukla said he was offered the Order of Chivalry on the Queen’s Birthday Honors List for service to literature, but refused to accept it. Nikesh says he didn’t want the honor because …
Read More »Faculty / staff awards: humanitarian award, early career research support, guest editor of a literary journal
Arts and entertainment | Honors and Awards | Sciences | UW Notepad June 14, 2021 Recent honors and accomplishments from the University of Washington faculty include an award for humanitarian contributions to computing, recognition and support of early career research, and guest editing of a new anthology of the American …
Read More »Death of an “Adikavi” and his influence on Tamil Dalit literature
After Siddalingaiah published his famous autobiography, one of the Dalit writers of Tamil Nadu, the late Professor KA Gunasekaran released his autobiography, Vadu (Tamil for scar) in 2011 When the poems of the late poet Siddalingaiah were translated into Tamil, they breathed a new kind of energy into the Tamil …
Read More »The Emirates Literature Foundation story writing competition is now open
DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – June 13, 2021) The Emirates Literature Foundation’s search for the country’s top young storytellers has begun, with the launch of its annual creative writing competition for students , the Story Writing Competition. A staple of the academic calendar, the competition is …
Read More »Doki Doki Plus Literature Club! Coming later this month to Switch
Doki Doki Literature Club is a cult hit that started life as a free title on PC and Mac, and has become a much talked about and much talked about part of gaming culture. On the surface, this is a visual novel about poetry and romance, but its unique twist …
Read More »Doki Doki Literature Club Plus Comes To Consoles And PC This Month
A premium physical edition of Doki Doki Literature Club Plus is also available for purchase for collectors. You can pre-order the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, or Nintendo Switch version now on Serenity Forge for $ 29.99. Here’s everything you’ll find in the physical edition listed on his pre-order page: ALSO: …
Read More »Unique Literature Kit “Telugu Sahitimoorthulu – Mukhachitraalu Repati Tharam Kosam” Introduces Telugu Authors to the Next Generation
Compiled by Shanmukha Sunnapuralla, the unique kit contains the biographies of 111 Telugu writers and poets The memory is still fresh for Shanmukha Sunnapuralla. As a teenager, in a library in his hometown Kadiri, he could not identify the photograph of writer / actor Girish Karnad. A few years later, …
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Here’s something glossy guides or Mexico City’s cultural stories will likely never tell a doe-eyed visitor: The toilets at the Sanborns chain cafe near the Angel of Independence monument were once the place to be. busiest place in town to find illicit sex. For generations of men in the second …
Read More »Ronald Egan elected to the American Philosophical Society
RONALD EGAN, the Confucius Institute Chair in Sinology at the School of Humanities, has been elected a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in the United States. Ronald Egan (Image credit: Ai Tran) “I was delighted with the news of course, especially because it is …
Read More »Celebrate Pride Month with the Libraries’ Children’s Literature Collection
To celebrate LGBTQIA + Pride Month in June, check out these university library resources Collection of children’s literature. A virtual book display features books for children and young adults in the University of Alberta Library collections with links to teaching guides and related discussion questions. Many of the books featured …
Read More »English teacher, author Shawn Wong honored by the Association of University Presses
Honors and Awards | UW and the community | UW Notepad June 8, 2021 Shawn wong, an English professor at UW and a longtime advocate of Asian American literature, was awarded the Stand UP 2021 Award of the University Press Association. Shawn wong The Stand UP Award âhonors those who, …
Read More »American Jewish author Nicole Krauss wins literature award
Renowned American Jewish author Nicole Krauss received the Sami Rohr Inspiration Award for Fiction on Sunday, June 6. Accepting the award at the online Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature ceremony, Krauss thanked the Rohr family and their institute for their “warm and generous encouragement.” Krauss, 46, is best known …
Read More »New research shows Maori traveled to Antarctica at least 1,000 years before Europeans
When we think of the exploration of Antarctica, the narrative is extremely white. the first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica was attributed to a Russian expedition in 1820, while the first landing on the continent is attributed to an American explorer in 1821. Now, a new article from New Zealand …
Read More »Literature Review Software Market including Key Players Synthesis Research Inc, VERBI GmbH, QSR International Pty Ltd, Digital Scholarship (Zotero), Evernote
JCMR recently announced a market study that covers a comprehensive comprehensive study, including additional study on the market situation impacted by COVID-19 on Global Literature Review Software Market. The research article titled Global Literature Review Software Market provides very useful analysis and strategic assessment, including generic market trends, upcoming and …
Read More »Telugu literature loses its “Lekkala master” – The New Indian Express
Express news service VISAKHAPATNAM: Telugu news champion and Kendra Sahitya Academy Award recipient Kalipatnam Rama Rao (97), popular as Ka.Ra Master, breathed his last at his residence in Srikakulam on Friday. His death is an irreplaceable loss for the Telugu literary world, for his contribution to its evolution, enrichment and …
Read More »21st Annual Massachusetts Letters About Literature Awards Announces
Adaeze Lenora Anyaosah, of Brookline, received Level 3 honors for her participation in the 21st Annual Massachusetts Letters About Literature Program. The Massachusetts Center for the Book announced Top 2021 Honor and Honors Student Writers in its flagship youth program. This reading and writing initiative invites students in Grades 4 …
Read More »A Lit Crawl in Cambridge, a book of poetry celebrating the Merrimack and the Maine Literature Awards
Poet Danielle Legros Georges will read as part of the Lit Crawl event which will take place in the central square.Jennifer waddell Illuminated Crawl in Cambridge During the first three years of its existence, the annual Lit Crawl Boston event – in which a handful of literary readings and performances …
Read More »David Diop wins the International Booker Prize; know what ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’ is about
David Diop became the first French author to win the coveted International Booker Prize for At night all the blood is black. Translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, this is her second work. His first non-fiction – 1889, the Universal Attraction – was published in 2012. Born in Paris in …
Read More »Mentor Public Library: Telling a People’s Story: Illustrated Literature for African American Children
June 1, 2021 Our main branch is hosting a special exhibit this summer that showcases art found in African American children’s picture books. Telling a People’s Story: African American Illustrated Children’s Literature includes 130 works of art by 33 artists from 95 books and covers 50 years of creativity. Featured …
Read More »The best used bookstores in Vancouver
This article was written for Daily Hive by Callie Hitchcock. Vancouver’s second-hand bookstores offer a welcome respite for local literature buffs to get away from it all. To help you find your new favorite place, we’ve compiled a list of the best used bookstores in Vancouver. Paper dog Created by …
Read More »New project preserves literature and ethnic arts | Culture / art
The art of painting on walls and ceilings comes from the Khmer ethnic minority in the provinces of An Giang, Kien Giang, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and Bac Lieu. (Photo courtesy of the Soc Trang Literary and Art Association) Under the project, works of traditional music, theater and literature with …
Read More »Mentor Library Hosts Exhibition Celebrating Illustrated Literature For African American Children –
The special exhibit, Telling a People’s Story: Illustrated Literature for African American Children, will be on display this summer at the main branch of the Mentor Public Library. Photo courtesy of the University of Miami Art Museum The main branch of the Mentor Public Library is hosting a special exhibit …
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The Chesapeake Life Center has programs scheduled throughout the summer to help grieving adults in the community cope with their loss in the way that best meets their needs. The center is free Quarterly books group will meet both in person at the center at 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD, …
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Background Understanding the cost of providing breast cancer (BC) care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential to guide effective delivery strategies. This scoping review summarizes the scope of the literature on the costs of ML care in LMICs and characterizes the methodological approaches of these economic evaluations. Materials …
Read More »Centuries-old audiobooks show there’s nothing to be snobbish about
Has anyone ever given you a sidelong glance after learning that you are listening to audiobooks? If you’ve discovered a feeling of literary snobbery by reading with your ears, you are far from alone. âThere is a particular kind of shame associated with audiobooks; it is too often seen as …
Read More »Explore the past of a Russian family and the meaning of history
May 29, 2021 In memory of memory. By Maria Stepanova. Translated by Sasha Dugdale. New directions; 400 pages; $ 19.95. Fitzcarraldo Publishing; £ 14.99 AHIS CHILD, Maria Stepanova loved a game called sekretiki, or “little secrets”. She would dig holes in the ground, line them with aluminum foil, fill them …
Read More »Hercules Millas: Greek Laureate from Constantinople of the Turkish Literature Prize
A native Greek from Constantinople (ÎÏνÏÏανÏινοÏÏολιÏ, Turkish: İstanbul), Hercules Millas, won the Orhan Kemal Literature Prize in Turkey. According to the jury’s announcement, Millas’s novel, which concerns a Greek family from Constantinople forced to leave Turkey, vividly and impressively recounts a problem that remains crucial today, that of coexistence. Millas, …
Read More »Penn State University Press announces new books for fall / winter 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa .– Penn State University Press has unveiled its Fall / Winter 2021 Catalog, featuring new general interest and scholarly books in the fields of musical history, literature, history of art, religious studies, rhetoric and communication, medieval and modern studies. , current events and more. Notable upcoming tracks …
Read More »Writer Paul Rudnick scores with royal and spiritual romance
Paul Rudnick wrote a romantic comedy with a royal twist. In âPlaying the Palace,â the playwright, screenwriter and novelist has a witty and engaging book about two unlikely lovers: a Jewish man from New Jersey and the Crown Prince of England. âI’ve never written a romantic comedy like this,â says …
Read More »New experimental study demonstrates why social dominance matters to understanding psychopathology
Mental health symptoms appear to influence how people respond to being placed in dominant and subordinate positions, according to a new study published in PLOS One. The study indicates that manic symptoms, and depressive symptoms in particular, are linked to psychological and physiological responses to social dominance. âA few years …
Read More »New book to raise money for children’s rights in the midst of a pandemic
A Delhi-based entrepreneur and mountaineer is aiming to raise Rs 1 crore for COVID-19 relief from the proceeds of the sale of his recently published book â7 Lessons from the Everest Expedition Learnings from Life and Businessâ. The Coffee Table Book, with 350 stunning images spread over 250 pages, is …
Read More »Invisible Animals: a work that combines science, literature and art
The animals that no longer exist, or with whom we share the planet and that we have never been able to see are the Heroes of the Invisible Animals (Nórdica Libros-Capitán Swing), a work by the writer Gabe Martinez and the archaeologist Jordi. Siralonga. Martinez told Efe, who explained that …
Read More »6 of the best historical fiction books about South Asia
This article contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Science still hasn’t figured out how to time travel and help us witness our history in person. This is no obstacle for book lovers, because all we have to do is pick some …
Read More »Translating Knowledge Nuggets of Classic Tamil Literature – The New Indian Express
Express press service CHENNAI: For centuries, works of classical Tamil literature have served as a guide to understanding the history and heritage of the earth, and have taken the form of a repository of aphoristic teachings and knowledge, which can be exploited for the best good. To ensure its consumption …
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Billie Eilish gives fans an intimate look at her journey to stardom in a new book and separate audiobook, “Billie Eilish: In Her Own Words.” The book includes unseen photos of Eilish from her childhood, including one of her at the piano singing into a child’s tape recorder. The audiobook …
Read More »Roundabout: Meet death with a trickle of poems
The boy Amritsar Gul Chauhan, who chose to make Chandigarh his home, is unique in the world of Punjabi literati. He carried the evergreen tree from his salad days throughout his life, writing around 10 books of verse and prose in his easy, unhurried way. Old friend, he shares none …
Read More »Children’s Literature: Biblical Stories Told
A Snake, a Flood, a Hidden Baby: Bible Stories for Children written by Meir Shalev, illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati and translated into English by Ilana Kurshan; Kalaniot Books, 2021; ISBN 9780998-852799; 38 pages; $ 21.99. By Donald H. Harrison Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The stories of Genesis and …
Read More »Serbian literature has always been queer, says new book
A new book challenges the idea that queerness in Serbia is a foreign concept, imposed on a traditional society by foreigners. Emerging europe speaks to its author, Igor PeriÅ¡iÄ. For many people, queer culture and the canon of Western Balkan national literature don’t quite go hand in hand. But a …
Read More »Famous Urdu poet Tarannum Riyaz succumbs to COVID-19
Tarannum Riyaz (photo-Twitter) Famous Urdu poet and author Tarannum Riyaz died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday, battling COVID-19. Her husband, Riyaz Punjabi, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir, died in the city last month. She had tested positive for COVID-19 and had been put on a ventilator …
Read More »Spotlight on: English, Natural Sciences, HSPS and MML
Despite the variety of subjects studied at Cambridge, the workload is often such that it is easy to have tunnel vision and to think about it on your own. That’s why, at Lifestyle, we want to highlight the wide range of disciplines studied here. Thus, in our section “ Spotlight …
Read More »Nobel Archives Reveal Judges’ Fears Over Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Safety | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The newly opened archives at the Swedish Academy revealed the deep concern of the Nobel judges for the consequences that awaited Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn if the Soviet dissident writer received the literature prize in 1970. The author of A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, who revealed the horrors of …
Read More »Serbia rewards Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Peter Handke, identified for his apologetic views on Serbia’s nationalist insurance policies and Serbian conflict crimes through the wars of the Nineteen Nineties within the Balkans. The Austrian novelist and screenwriter acquired a state ornament from …
Read More »Make translated books extra seen
This give attention to literary translation and the interpretation ebook market stems from the current publication of a set of brief tales by Maltese author Trevor Zahra which I translated into English with the help of a grant from the Malta Arts Council and which was printed by Merlin Publishers …
Read More »Particular report from Harvard College on Greece: “Celebrating the bicentenary of democracy in its cradle”
Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, printed a particular article on its educational publication, the Harvard Gazette, in honor of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. “At Harvard and elsewhere, the Philhellenes have fun the independence of Greece,” writes the article. “200 years in the past at the moment, Greece declared …
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