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©Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Murakami's new book unveiled in Japan Haruki Murakami's first collection of short stories in nine years hit the shelves in Japan on Friday with some excited fans queuing for the midnight launch.
19 апреля 2014
Garcia Marquez, godfather of magic realism, dies at 87 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday at the age of 87.
18 апреля 2014
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez . ©Reuters/Edgard Garrido Garcia Marquez in 'very fragile' condition: family Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez is in "very fragile" condition and at risk of complications while recovering at his Mexico City home from a recent hospitalization, his family said.
16 апреля 2014
Nobel writer Garcia Marquez hospitalized in Mexico Colombia's Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez was being treated at a Mexico City hospital Thursday for a lung infection but he was doing well, his son and officials said.
04 апреля 2014
Ilya Odegov. Photo courtesy Ilya Odegov Kazakhstani writer Ilya Odegov shortlisted for Russian Award Kazakhstani writer Ilya Odegov was shortlisted for the International literary competition Russian Award in the Flash Fiction category.
26 марта 2014
Ilya Odegov. Photo ©facebook.com/Ilya Odegov Kazakhstani short story long-listed for Russian Awards: celebration of adolescence Young Kazakshtani writer Ilya Odegov has been long-listed for the International Literary competition Russian Award.
14 марта 2014
Asol Bilyalova's award-winning illustrations Kazakhstan artist wins literary festival in UK Asol Bilyalova from Kazakhstan has won in the Artistic Illustration category at the Literature Festival 2013 in London and Cambridge.
09 января 2014
©Reuters/Ints Kalnins  Sherlock Holmes is free, US judge rules The beloved British detective Sherlock Holmes is now free to be reimagined in the United States after a federal judge ruled that licensing fees are no longer required.
28 декабря 2013
British actor Ralph Fiennes. ©Reuters/Lucy Nicholson Ralph Fiennes reveals other Dickens in 'Invisible Woman' For his second film as director, British actor Ralph Fiennes lifts the cover on a little-known secret about classic English author Charles Dickens: his decade-long adulterous affair with a young actress.
26 декабря 2013
Photo © Vladimir Dmitriev Harry Potter to speak Kazakhsha in 2014 The Harry Potter series will be translated into Kazakh in 2014.
08 декабря 2013
Villa that inspired Pinocchio for sale in Italy A villa near Florence that inspired the author of Pinocchio is on the market for 10.5 million euros ($14 million) -- a world away from the humble workshop where the marionette is born in the book.
13 ноября 2013
Japan's Murakami favourite for Nobel prize -- again Japanese literary superstar Haruki Murakami is favourite for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, betting odds showed Friday, after repeatedly being mentioned as a contender for the prestigious global gong.
20 сентября 2013
©REUTERS Chinese professor fined in poetry row: report A Chinese court ordered a controversial professor who claims descent from the ancient sage Confucius to apologise and pay a fine after a heated online row over poetry.
11 мая 2013
Novelist Haruki Murakami. ©REUTERS Author Murakami sends message to Boston Japanese author and keen runner Haruki Murakami sent a "personal message" to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and said he also felt wounded by the attack on his favourite race.
04 мая 2013
Murakami book print run hits 1 million in week The Japanese publisher of the new novel by Haruki Murakami said Thursday it had ordered one million copies of the book, less than a week after it went on sale.
18 апреля 2013
©REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Excitement builds in Japan for new Murakami novel The wait is nearly over for thousands of readers eager to get their hands on the new novel by celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
12 апреля 2013
Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed Monday The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.
06 апреля 2013
Slovakia's steel hub Kosice dusts off its creative side Known mainly for its steelworks, the gritty industrial hub of Kosice in east Slovakia is hard at work reforging itself as a centre of creativity and the arts as it enters 2013 with the tag "European Capital of Culture".
19 января 2013
Writers must take on political issues: China's Mo Yan Chinese author Mo Yan, some of whose works have cast an unflattering eye on official policy, said after winning the literature Nobel that it was a writer's duty to spotlight political and social issues.
13 октября 2012
Haruki Murakami. Photo courtesy of ikewrites.com Munro, Murakami and Roth among Nobel literature favourites With just hours to go before the Nobel Literature Prize laureate is announced in Stockholm, speculation has hit fever pitch with Canada's Alice Munro and Japan's Haruki Murakami often cited as possible winners.
11 октября 2012

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