Literature

Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai,won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art".…

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Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 and 2019

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austria's Peter Handke have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two winners were named - one for 2019 and one for 2018 - because…

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Italian author Andrea Camilleri dies at 93

The famous Italian author Andrea Camilleri passed away. He was 93 years. On June 17th, Camilleri was admitted to hospital Santo Spirito in Rome, after suffering from a heart attack.…

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300 years ago, Robinson Crusoe was published

In 1719, on this day, Daniel Defoe’s fictional work The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on…

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Acclaimed Israeli novelist and peace campaigner Amos OZ dies at 79

Acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz, a tireless campaigner for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, has died of cancer at the age of 79, his daughter said on Friday. Oz…

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Ktieb ġdid tal-Professur Joe Friggieri

Wara s-suċċess mill-kritiċi u l-qarrejja tal-ktieb tan-novelli ‘Nismagħhom Jgħidu’, Joe Friggieri jagħtina ġabra ta’ 23 novella ġdida fil-ktieb ġdid ‘Il-Gżira l-Bajda u Stejjer oħra’. Dan il-ktieb ġie ppubblikat u mniedi…

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