Literature

Insight Bureau: At the 34th Bhubaneswar Book Fair last evening, Adhikar Foundation organised a felicitation ceremony, a seminar on Satirical Literature (byanga sahitya alochanachakra) and a Satirical Poets' Conference (Byanga Kabi…

Rayagada, January 12: “Though our mother-tongue Odia needs to be energised to make our literature progressive, multilingualism certainly enhances the literary acumen of literature lovers”, said Sri Jagannath Mohanty, District Collector,…

Mumbai, Oct 9: The sixth edition of the 'Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest' will be held in the city from October 29 - November 1, with 120 celebrated authors and thinkers from over 14 countries participating. The festival will be…

Stockholm, Oct 9:  Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich was on Thursday named the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for literature. Announcing the prize, Swedish Academy's permanent secretary Sara Danius, called her writing "a…

Bhubaneswar: 15May 2015: On 17 May 2015 the City of Temples will have the greatest ever Literary Congregation. The participation of local, national and global legends in the different fields of creative art and literature promises to be the…

On 17 May 2015 the City of Temples will have the greatest ever Literary Congregation. The annual festival will be held at the Convention hall of Mayfair Hotel in Bhubanesawar. The participation of local, national and global legends in the…

Renowned German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature Gunter Grass passed away on Monday in the city of Lubeck. Grass, 87, died of a lung infection, Germany's…