Literature
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Book launching of Muktijuddher Chikishsha Itihas held in Dhaka
Dec 30, 2022The book launching ceremony of a new book Muktijuddher Chikishsha Itihas, authored jointly by renowned fiction writer and medical anthropologist Shahaduz Zaman and public health expert Dr. Khairul Islam, and published by Prothoma Prokashon, was held... -
Penguin published Bangladeshi-American writer Iffat Nawaz’s debut novel “Shurjo’s Clan”
Oct 16, 2022Shurjo’s Clan, the first book by Bangladeshi-American author Iffat Nawaz, has been published by Penguin Random House India. This literary fiction blends magic realism with historical accuracy and tells the coming-of-age tale of a girl growing... -
From his experiences in Hollywood, Tom Hanks writes his first book
Oct 11, 2022Tom Hanks, a seasoned Hollywood actor, is getting ready to publish his first book. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, written by the two-time Oscar winner, is scheduled to be released on May 9,... -
French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Literature Prize
Oct 7, 2022The Nobel Literature Prize was given to French novelist Annie Ernaux on Thursday. Annie Ernaux is renowned for her deceptively straightforward books that draw on personal experience of class and gender. The committee cited Ernaux, 82,... -
Wolf Hall trilogy author Hilary Mantel dies
Sep 23, 2022Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, her publisher has confirmed. She won the Booker Prize twice, for 2009’s Wolf Hall, the first in the Thomas Cromwell series, and... -
Barack Obama: president, Nobel laureate, and now an Emmy winner
Sep 4, 2022The Television Academy revealed on Saturday that Barack Obama, a relative unknown in Hollywood, had won an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series “Our Great National Parks.” The former US president only needs an Oscar... -
Northern Irish Nobel laureate David Trimble dies
Jul 26, 2022David Trimble, the former first minister of Northern Ireland and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, passed away on Monday at the age of 77. After the pair signed the momentous agreement in 1998, Trimble, a... -
A decade has passed since Humayun Ahmed passed away
Jul 19, 2022Humayun Ahmed was one of the writers who helped Bengali literature become ingrained in daily life and built up a sizable readership in Bangladesh. Today is his passing day. Ten years have passed, yet the void... -
Gothic novelist Anne Rice dead at 80
Dec 12, 2021Anne Rice, the gothic novelist best known for “Interview with the Vampire,” died at the age of 80 on Saturday, according to her family. “I sat alongside her hospital bed in admiration of her accomplishments and... -
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Literature Prize
Oct 10, 2021Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work touches on colonialism and refugee life, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said. Gurnah, who grew born on the island of Zanzibar but fled to England...
