Новости по теме literature

Who received the Abai State Prize? Tengrinews.kz - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awarded poets, writers, and artists with the Abai State Prize in literature and art.

23 October 2024

100 years of Abdizhamil Nurpeisov: Famous quotes from the 'main voice of Kazakh literature' Tengrinews.kz - October 22, 2024, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of renowned Kazakh writer Abdizhamil Karimovich Nurpeisov. He left

23 October 2024

Jamaican author Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize Jamaican author Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for best novel for "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a re-telling of the attempted assassination of musician Bob Marley.

14 October 2015

'Twilight' marks 10th anniversary with a twist: a gender swap The hugely successful "Twilight" vampire romance series is marking its 10th anniversary with a twist -- a gender swap.

07 October 2015

Fans flock to honour queen of crime fiction Agatha Christie Agatha Christie fans have descended on her hometown of Torquay on the English Riviera for the 125th anniversary of the murder master's birth.

16 September 2015

Japan author Murakami releases latest book Popular Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's new book has gone on sale, with a major domestic bookstore chain buying 90 percent of the initial print run in a direct challenge to online rivals.

11 September 2015

Millennium sequel hits bookstores as author admits 'total fear' The eagerly-awaited sequel to Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium crime trilogy hit store shelves in 25 countries.

27 August 2015

White House reveals Obama's summer reading list As US President Barack Obama lounged with his family on a Massachusetts beach, the White House released a list of six books that he took on vacation.

14 August 2015

Midnight openings for Harper Lee book launch Bookstores opened at midnight when copies of Harper Lee's eagerly awaited, but controversial second novel flew off the shelves more than half a century after the groundbreaking success of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

14 July 2015

Padron's The Circles of Hell translated into Kazakh Spanish poet Justo Jorge Padron’s poignant The Circles of Hell has been translated into the Kazakh language.

13 May 2015

Almaty born writer Serebryanskiy wins Russian Award Writer Yuriy Serebryanskiy has become the winner of the Russian Award for the second time.

28 April 2015

George R. R. Martin unveils new 'Game of Thrones' chapter Fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin has released a chapter from his upcoming next book in the series on which hit television show "Game of Thrones" is based.

04 April 2015

Orhan Pamuk, anxious observer of the new Turkey Submerged in his new novel, Turkey's Nobel prize laureate Orhan Pamuk gazes out over the city of Istanbul, the main protagonist of his books.

14 February 2015

London pays homage to immortal myth of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.

17 October 2014

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize Novelist Richard Flanagan said he was ashamed to be Australian after winning the Man Booker Prize for his book "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".

15 October 2014

Patrick Modiano of France wins Nobel Literature Prize Patrick Modiano, a historical novelist haunted by France's painful experience of Nazi occupation and his own childhood wounds, won the Nobel Literature Prize.

09 October 2014

World premier of Abai and Shakarim suites in Carnegie Hall in November The world premier of the Abai and Shakarim suites will open at Carnegie Hall in New York on November 12, 2014.

26 August 2014

Bookcrossing bird houses in Almaty parks: borrow your escape to wonderland Bird houses for bookcrossing have been installed in parks of Almaty, a large southern city of Kazakhstan.

13 August 2014

eBooks on the go: Reading Semei campaign to foster love for books Librarians of the Abai Library in Semey have decided to foster love for reading through free eBooks.

07 July 2014

Letters shed light on 'Gone with the Wind' It's not that Margaret Mitchell didn't give a damn whether Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler would ever get back together again in "Gone with the Wind."

24 June 2014

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