The men and women who in the last decade have won the most precious prize in Literature, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Text: Writing When we already know the name of the winner Nobel Prize for Literature 2021the tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnahof which the Academy has highlighted his “interest in the effects of colonialism and … Read more
Yorgos Seferis Born in Izmir (Turkey) in 1900, Yorgos Seferis He was a poet, essayist, translator and diplomat who in 1963 became the first Greek writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. He began to write his poems and verses from the age of 14 and in his adulthood he joined the Greek diplomatic … Read more
ABC Madrid Updated:06/22/2022 18:37h Save RELATED NEWS Spanish literature has received five Nobel Prizes for Literature (six, if one includes Mario Vargas Llosawho shares Peruvian nationality with Spanish): Jose Echegaray (1904), Hyacinth Benavente (1922), Juan Ramon Jimenez (1956), Vicente Aleixandre (1977) and Camilo Jose Cela (1989). Someone must have escaped the Minister of Culture, miquel … Read more
He says that only books and love give meaning to life in a generation without utopias. And perhaps in that lack he found the brake. Of years. Because nine have had to pass since the publication of The truth about the Harry Quebert casewhat for Joël Dicker (Switzerland, 1985)the “irritating literary child prodigy,” returns to … Read more
Declaring oneself enthusiastic about the great names of Russian literature is a sign of good taste, but at the same time a gesture that some find inappropriate today. Santiago Velázquez (Madrid, 1977), author of the recently published write in the snow (Calligrama), twenty synthetic biographies of giants such as Tolstói, Dostoievski, Pasternak, Ajmátova or Solzhenitsyn. … Read more
– Olga Tokarczuk wins the Man-Booker Prize The Man-Booker prize, which rewards fiction in English, was awarded to the Polish Olga Tokarczuk for “Les Pérégrins”. Published: 23.05.2018, 05:00 Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk (left), with her translator Jennifer Croft at the Man-Booker Prize. (Tuesday, May 22, 2018) Keystone Polish Olga Tokarczuk won the Man-Booker International Prize, … Read more
Arabic-speaking, English-speaking or French-speaking, African literature is a compendium of the world. This sentence sums up the abundance and richness of this literature which won all the prestigious prizes in 2021. Polar, thriller or novel, each genre has its place and the native land is often a source of inspiration, the African diaspora counting several … Read more
Juan Mayorga has just won the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature and, with it, there are now 41 editions of the award that has been awarded uninterruptedly – without even stopping due to the pandemic – since 1981. With a diploma, a sculpture by Joan Miró, the insignia of the Princess of Asturias … Read more
The war between Russia and Ukraine has sparked curiosity to read about these countries. The interest lies in better understanding the conflict, going to its sources and ramifications. One possibility is to peek into the enormous volume The Russian Revolution: the tragedy of a people by historian Orlando Figes. An erudite investigation, which narrates in … Read more
Diego Montalvo Quito, Ecuador “It is not true that cats never laugh. Human beings are mistaken in thinking that they are the only creatures capable of doing so.” Natsume Soseki Fish koi are able to swim through the canals in the city of Shimabara, located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. The most beautiful Japanese … Read more