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Kalinga Literary Festival Shortlists Titles For 4th Annual Book Awards
The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced the shortlisted titles for its prestigious 4th annual KLF Book Awards.
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Kalinga Literary Festival Unveils Longlisted Titles for 4th Annual Book Awards
The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced the longlisted titles for its prestigious annual KLF Book Awards, highlighting the best in contemporary literature across multiple genres.
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Kalinga Literary Festival Announces Book Awards In Delhi
The annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards will be held on February 15, 2025, at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.
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UNESCO Opens Online Nominations for International Literacy Prizes 2024
UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2024: Six awards will be given to literary experts and organizations around the globe.
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Japanese Top Literary Award Winner Admits Using ChatGPT To Write Novel
The book was lauded by the judges as "practically flawless".
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Resignations Hit Maharashtra Literary Body Over Maoist Leader Book Row
The Chairman of the Maharashtra government's Marathi language committee and four members of the literary board have resigned in protest against the withdrawal of an award for the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy's memoir.
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JMI Professor Khalid Javed's Novel 'The Paradise of Food' Shortlisted For JCB Award For Literature 2022
The English translation of the novel 'Namat Khana', or 'The Paradise of Food' by Jamia Millia Islamia's (JMI's) Professor Khalid Javed has been included among five novels shortlisted for 'JCB Award for Literature 2022', the prestigious literary award.
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"Insulted": Author Returns Award As Mamata Banerjee Gets Literary Honour
A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher on Tuesday returned an award given to her by the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to protest against its decision to confer a special award on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Shortlist Announced
Author Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Island" and Raj Kamal Jha's "The City and the Sea" are among the books contending for this year's Rabindranath Tagore Literary prize, founder of the award, Peter Bundalo announced on Friday.
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Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ To Be Conferred With Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on November 21, 2020. This award will be conferred to the Minister for writing, poetry and other literary works.
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Jnanpith Award Presented To Renowned Malayalam Poet Akkitham
Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred the Jnanpith award, the country's highest literary award, on Thursday at a special function held at his house at Kumaranallur, near Palakkad.
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Attempts To Suppress Sanctity Of Words Must Be Thwarted: Pranab Mukherjee
For civilisations to survive, the sanctity of the word will have to be upheld and any attempts to suppress it must be thwarted, former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday while giving away awards for literary works in regional languages.
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Northern Irish Author Anna Burns Wins 2018's Man Booker Prize
"Milkman" by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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Ruskin Bond Gets Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chandigarh Literary Society today conferred upon children's author Ruskin Bond its first Lifetime Achievement Award, comprising a citation and Rs 2 lakh.
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Kalinga Literary Festival Shortlists Titles For 4th Annual Book Awards
The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced the shortlisted titles for its prestigious 4th annual KLF Book Awards.
-
Kalinga Literary Festival Unveils Longlisted Titles for 4th Annual Book Awards
The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced the longlisted titles for its prestigious annual KLF Book Awards, highlighting the best in contemporary literature across multiple genres.
-
Kalinga Literary Festival Announces Book Awards In Delhi
The annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards will be held on February 15, 2025, at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.
-
UNESCO Opens Online Nominations for International Literacy Prizes 2024
UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2024: Six awards will be given to literary experts and organizations around the globe.
-
Japanese Top Literary Award Winner Admits Using ChatGPT To Write Novel
The book was lauded by the judges as "practically flawless".
-
Resignations Hit Maharashtra Literary Body Over Maoist Leader Book Row
The Chairman of the Maharashtra government's Marathi language committee and four members of the literary board have resigned in protest against the withdrawal of an award for the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy's memoir.
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JMI Professor Khalid Javed's Novel 'The Paradise of Food' Shortlisted For JCB Award For Literature 2022
The English translation of the novel 'Namat Khana', or 'The Paradise of Food' by Jamia Millia Islamia's (JMI's) Professor Khalid Javed has been included among five novels shortlisted for 'JCB Award for Literature 2022', the prestigious literary award.
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"Insulted": Author Returns Award As Mamata Banerjee Gets Literary Honour
A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher on Tuesday returned an award given to her by the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to protest against its decision to confer a special award on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Shortlist Announced
Author Amitav Ghosh's "Gun Island" and Raj Kamal Jha's "The City and the Sea" are among the books contending for this year's Rabindranath Tagore Literary prize, founder of the award, Peter Bundalo announced on Friday.
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Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ To Be Conferred With Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on November 21, 2020. This award will be conferred to the Minister for writing, poetry and other literary works.
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Jnanpith Award Presented To Renowned Malayalam Poet Akkitham
Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred the Jnanpith award, the country's highest literary award, on Thursday at a special function held at his house at Kumaranallur, near Palakkad.
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Attempts To Suppress Sanctity Of Words Must Be Thwarted: Pranab Mukherjee
For civilisations to survive, the sanctity of the word will have to be upheld and any attempts to suppress it must be thwarted, former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday while giving away awards for literary works in regional languages.
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Northern Irish Author Anna Burns Wins 2018's Man Booker Prize
"Milkman" by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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Ruskin Bond Gets Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chandigarh Literary Society today conferred upon children's author Ruskin Bond its first Lifetime Achievement Award, comprising a citation and Rs 2 lakh.
