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Pune hosts exhibition to mark Austrian poet Ernst Jandl’s birth centenary
August 19, 2025 10:43 am
The exhibition brings alive Ernst Jandl's experimental style through 3D structures, soundscapes, visual projections, and artistic interpretations. It is organised by the Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan Pune in collaboration with the German Department of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).
Who is the South Korean poet behind 'Autobiography of Death'? Inside Kim Hyesoon’s searing verse
July 30, 2025 11:12 am
Kim Hyesoon is the first Asian writer to win International Prize for Literature by Germany’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt for her searing and surreal poetry collection Autobiography of Death.
Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson dies at 49, leaves 'Love Letter from the Afterlife'
August 03, 2025 10:23 am
In the months leading up to their death, Gibson, who was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in 2021, had been writing about mortality, joy, and the intimacy of impermanence.
Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, dies at 92
November 19, 2024 4:30 pm
Shuntaro Tanikawa stunned the literary world with his 1952 debut “Two Billion Light Years of Solitude,” a bold look at the cosmic in daily life, sensual, vivid but simple in its use of everyday language. Written before Gabriel García Márquez’ “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” it became a bestseller.
Celebrating KG Subramanyan: Artist, Scholar, Poet, Writer
June 23, 2024 7:21 am
From using mythology and folklore, calligraphy and Western Cubism to depicting modern-day issues, KG Subramanyan’s influences were as diverse as his oeuvre. A look at the prolific modernist and teacher in his birth centenary year
Remembering poet Surjit Patar, whose writing pierced one's conscience
May 16, 2024 6:46 pm
Padma Shri-winning Punjabi poet Surjit Patar, who passed away last week, will be remembered for his metaphors that spoke a thousand words and verse that took a nosedive into Punjab's pain and passions with equal felicity
Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more
May 11, 2024 6:08 pm
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2012 . But following the farm agitation in 2020, Dr. Patar announced in December his decision to return the civilian honor in solidarity with protesting farmers at Delhi borders against the now-repealed farm laws.
Remembering Gieve Patel: Poet, painter, playwright, translator, doctor
November 09, 2023 9:47 am
Patel, who passed away last week, was never a flashy collector of identities. He polished, crafted and worked only when he was seized by ‘inner necessity’
Q&A: From Chemistry to poetry, Prof Alka Kansra charts her journey
March 16, 2023 1:00 pm
From a doyenne of Chemistry to an avid poet, Prof Alka Kansra traverses the two fields with effortless grace.
Rahman Rahi, Valley’s only Jnanpith awardee, dies at 98
January 09, 2023 10:15 pm
Rahi’s death was widely mourned in the Valley and outside, including by political leaders. J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha termed Rahi’s death as “end of an era”.
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As Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize 2022 in Literature, a look at the past winners of the prestigious global award
October 06, 2022 4:38 pm
Take a look at the past winners of Nobel Prize for Literature
Shankha Ghosh: A pictorial tribute to noted Bengali poet
April 21, 2021 3:51 pm
He is survived by his daughters Semanti and Srabanti, and wife Pratima
Remembering Omar Khayyam: 10 Rubaiyat by the poet on his birth anniversary
May 18, 2019 1:17 pm
Omar Khayyam Quotes, Poems, Books: Omar Khayyam wrote more than a thousand ‘Rubaiyat’ or verses and a part of his work was later translated by Edward Fitzgerald which became popular in the West centuries after his death. We take a look at some of his Rubaiyat on the occasion of his 971th birthday.
POET VIDEOS
Film fraternity condoles Nida Fazli's death
February 08, 2016 2:39 pm
Mumbai, Feb 08 (ANI): 76-year-old Urdu poet Nida Fazli took his last breath in Mumbai on Monday due to heart failure. Bollywood fraternity present outside the poet's house condoled the poet's death. Bollywood actor, Raza Murad, said that people like him are rarely born. He further said that the poet will be missed.
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