Articles tagged with "Literature"
Salman Rushdie to write Graphic Novel
India-born British author Salman Rushdie is planning to try his hands on graphic novel. According to news sources, the controversial author was a fan of comic books as child and is now moving on from magical realism and historical fiction to graphic novel.
“Recently I got asked if I’d like to write a graphic novel. When [...]
Herta Müller wins Nobel Prize in Literature
(Assams.Info) – Romanian-born German writer German writer Herta Müller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature. The honor has been awarded to Herta Müller “who with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed”. The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature was made by Professor Peter [...]
Princial Prince Claus Award for Indira Goswami
Today, Assamese writer Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami) will be presented with Princial Prince Claus Award, one of Europe’s most prestigious literary awards, in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam. Mamoni Raisom Goswami was chosen by the Prince Claus Award jury, for the unique quality of her writing, for identifying and expressing the inscription [...]
Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s Centre for Ramayan Studies
Only a few people are aware that Assamese is the first modern Indo-Aryan language into which the epic ‘Ramayan’ was translated in the 14th century. Now, with the efforts of writer Mamoni Raisom Goswami, many more have to come to know about this fact.
By setting up a first-of-its-kind Centre for Ramayan Studies in Assam at [...]
About Asam Sahitya Sabha
The “Axom Xahitya Xabha” (Ôxôm Xahityô Xôbha or Asam Sahitya Sabha or Assam Literary Society) was founded in 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. Presently it has about one thousand branches all over Assam and also outside the state. The central office is at Jorhat a city of [...]
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