Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010, 15:52
It was a tragic end to Kerala`s people`s poet A Ayyappan who died here under mysterious circumstances Thursday night with his identity remaining unknown till Friday afternoon.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 22:44
Noted poet Suhasini Irlekar, first woman to get Ph. D in the Marathwada region in Marathi, passed away on Saturday at Pune hospital following prolonged illness.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 14:59
Noted Urdu poet Umar Qureshi, known for his work on communal harmony, died here following old age complications.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 18:35
Acting moral police against Hindi play "Sara", based on the life of a Pakistani poet, Shiv Sena on Saturday said it has received complaints that the drama had obscene dialogues and asked the producer to remove them.
Last Updated: Friday, March 26, 2010, 09:06
A pixieish literature professor is the latest person to run afoul of China`s government, denied permission to travel to a prominent academic conference in the United States this week.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 18:35
A Saudi housewife`s bold poems which blast "evil" extremist fatwas by Muslim clerics have earned her death threats but could yet win her a USD 1.3-million poetry contest on Emirati television.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 15:52
Barely hours after refusing the Padmashri conferred on him this year, eminent poet Acharya Janaki Ballabh Shastri agreed to accept it.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 08:51
TS Eliot or Thomas Stearns Eliot (26th September 1888 – 4th January 1965) was one of the significant literary figures in twentieth century.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 22:57
My first rendezvous with Mr Lawrence at a bookstore was rather strange. Although he is long dead, the much-maligned author was very much alive in the shop.
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