Noted poet, Booker judge on DSC literature prize panel
April 20th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Friday announced the induction of five new members to its advisory committee for the 2013 and 2014 editions ... Read more...
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Now, a peek into secretive Nobel selection process
March 30th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Nobel prize-awarding institutions, known for their secrecy, are making public the process of nomination and selection of this year's laureates.Details such as the number ... Read more...
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Longest novel in China focuses on 4.5 mn people
December 4th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 4 (IANS) A Chinese man has written the country's longest novel that encompasses an astounding 4.5 million people, runs into 10 volumes and took 22 years to finish.Novelist ... Read more...
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Mexican author dies hours after winning prize
November 20th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican novelist and poet Daniel Sada died following a lengthy illness and just hours after being awarded his country's 2011 National Arts and Sciences Prize, ... Read more...
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Ananthamurthy, Khair in contention for Asian literature prize
October 25th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Six authors, including U.R. Ananthamurthy, Tabish Khair and Chandrakanta, are in the race for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012.The prize, carrying ... Read more...
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Swedish poet wins 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature
October 6th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, it was announced Thursday."The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011 is awarded to the ... Read more...
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16 authors in contention for Asian literature prize
September 14th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Sixteen authors, including Atiq Rahimi, Kishwar Desai and Manu Joseph, are in the race for the DSC Prize for the South Asian Literature 2012, which ... Read more...
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H.M. Naqvi wins South Asian literature prize for ‘Home Boy’
January 22nd, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) Thirty-seven-year-old Karachi-based novelist H.M. Naqvi Saturday won the first DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his debut novel "Home Boy", a story about the ravaged ... Read more...
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I address my anxieties by writing: Pakistani author
January 15th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Pakistani writer H.M. Naqvi of the acclaimed novel "Home Boy", a story about the ravaged lives of young Asians in 9/11 New York where he ... Read more...
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Literature fest to light up Jaipur
December 18th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India is high on literature. If 2010 saw the Kovalam Literature Festival grow bigger and the Hay Festival make its debut in Kerala, the start of 2011 ... Read more...
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Amit Chaudhuri, Farooqui in contention for Asian literature prize
October 26th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, October 26 (IANS) The search for the first winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has narrowed down to six books, from an initial list of 16.The six ... Read more...
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J.K. Rowling wins Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize
October 20th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 20 (ANI): Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has become the first recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize.The writer accepted a 62,200pound award at a ceremony in Odense, Denmark ... Read more...
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J.K. Rowling WIns Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize
October 20th, 2010 - 2:59 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) J.K. Rowling, author of the ‘Harry Potter’ series of books, has won the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize, making her the first ever recipient of the ... Read more...
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J.K. Rowling wins Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize
October 20th, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Copenhagen, Oct 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize in Denmark has been awarded to J.K. Rowling.The author is the owner of the Harry Potter franchise and ... Read more...
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Asian literature prize long list goes up to 16
September 22nd, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Two more books have joined the long list of 14 books for the first DSC Prize for South Asian Literature taking the total number of books to ... Read more...
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14 authors on South Asian literature prize long-list
September 21st, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Acknowledging the diversity of literature emanating from the region, the DSC Limited Tuesday announced a long-list of 14 works of fiction as also the five-member jury of ... Read more...
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Chilean president chats with trapped miners
September 21st, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Sep 21 (IANS/EFE) Chilean President Sebastian Pinera visited the mine in which 33 people have been trapped since Aug 5 and sent a message of hope in a video chat, amid ... Read more...
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Francisco Hernandez wins Mexican literary prize
January 30th, 2010 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 30 (IANS/EFE) Mexican poet Francisco Hernandez has won the 2010 edition of the Mazatlan Literature Prize for his work "La isla de las breves ausencias" (Island of Brief Absences), ... Read more...
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Herta Mueller wins Nobel for Literature (Second Lead)
October 8th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 8 (DPA) Romanian-born Herta Mueller of Germany has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm Thursday.
The Academy's citation said that "with the concentration of ... Read more...
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Indian origin journalist’s book nominated for British literature prize
November 19th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 19 (IANS) The Times journalist Sathnam Sanghera is the latest British-Asian to blaze a literary trail as his book on the travails of his Sikh immigrant family has been short ... Read more...
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