Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed his joy at seeing several of his short stories adapted in American director Pierre Földes’ animated film “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman,” adding that he looks forward to future interpretations of his work with filmmakers’ unique perspectives.
Jenny Erpenbeck has become the first German author to win the International Booker Prize. Her novel “Kairos,” translated from German by Michael Hofmann, has won this prestigious award. Set against the backdrop of 1986 Berlin, “Kairos” narrates a tumultuous love story between
The esteemed writer Alice Munro has passed away at the age of 92, as confirmed by her publisher, Penguin Random House Canada. Munro was celebrated for her masterful craftsmanship, renowned for her intricately woven short stories capable of profoundly affecting readers. Often
Lenbahchaus Museum is exhibiting Orhan Pamuk’s artworks, archives, sketches, illustrations, and notebooks in The Consolation of Objects, which starts on May 17 and continues through October 13. Pamuk is presenting his multifaceted creative output as a writer, photographer, graphic artist, curator, museum
The upcoming auction at Sotheby’s New York will feature Thomas Taylor’s original watercolor drawing for the first installment of the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997). With a high estimate of $600,000, this iconic image served as the
Paul Auster, the prolific American novelist renowned for his works such as “The New York Trilogy,” has passed away at the age of 77 due to complications from lung cancer, as confirmed by a friend of the novelist to AFP. Auster breathed
Fusing literature, culture, and heritage, “Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction” pays homage to the narratives of the UK’s fiction authors. Curated by acclaimed crime novelist Nicola Upson, the exhibition at the Cambridge University Library challenges
After journalist and writer Mine Kırıkkanat’s lawsuit against author Elif Şafak for plagiarism resulted in a verdict in favor of Kırıkkanat, discussions and a lynching campaign began on social media. Approximately 130 prominent figures from the literary world came together to issue
On 20th January, BBC Culture published an article on the most anticipated 45 books of 2024, where Elif Shafak entered the list in a high-ranked place along with Marquez and Stephen King, while on Jan 23, Elif Shafak was listed as the
Mario Levi, one of the most prolific writers in contemporary literature, bid farewell to life while undergoing cancer treatment in the hospital. Born in Istanbul in 1957, Levi graduated from Saint Michel High School in 1975 and later earned a degree in
Poet Lev Rubinstein, a key figure of the Soviet underground literary scene who later protested against Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died days after being hit by a car, his daughter said on Jan. 14. Rubinstein is considered as one of the
The German Green Party-affiliated Heinrich Böll Foundation, “in agreement with the Bremen Senate,” is withdrawing from awarding the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought to the Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, citing Gessen’s recent New Yorker essay “In the Shadow of the Holocaust”
