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2 Israeli authors make Man Booker global shortlist

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Two Israeli authors are among six writers shortlisted for this year's Man Booker International Prize, organisers announced on Thursday. Three European writers and one from Argentina are also vying for the prize, awarded to a work of fiction translated into English and published in Britain. One of the novelists, Amos Oz, makes the shortlist for the second time. Fellow Israeli

Russian Soviet-era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies at 84

Moscow - AFP

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian Soviet-era poet who found a large following in the West in the 1960s, died on Saturday of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84, Russian news agency RIA Novosti said. "He died peacefully a few minutes ago, surrounded by his loved ones," the agency quoted his wife, Maria Novikova, as saying. Yevtushenko

Nobel laureate writes disparaging play about Trump

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American theater-goers got a small taste Monday of a new play by Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that tries to understand President Donald Trump and what he says about today's society. Jelinek, an Austrian, won the world's top literature prize in 2004 and is known for writing the novel "The Piano Teacher," which became a movie of the same name in

Young Afghan boy named ‘little Picasso’

Kabul - Arab Today

Farhad Nouri, a young afghan migrant, has been dubbed ‘little Picasso’ by Britain’s BBC. The ten year-old boy living in Serbian Camp is using art and painting to help him cope with the harsh conditions. Nouri’s drawings include famous portraits of painter Salvador Dali and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Source :Al Arabiya

For US composer, understanding Trump through optics

New York - AFP

To Mohammed Fairouz, a leading US composer whose work seeks the universal in the present day, policy experts have it wrong when it comes to President Donald Trump. The artist, who has brought both poetry and politics alive through his music, finds it telling that Trump is so visibly enraged by Alec Baldwin, the actor who impersonates him on the

UAE delegation participates in Arabic Poetry Festival in Nouakchott

Nouakchott – Arab Today

President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received on Sunday a delegation from the UAE, who is visiting Mauritania to participate in the second edition of the Arab Poetry Festival in Nouakchott. The festival, launched on Saturday, was held under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. President Abdel Aziz held a meeting

In search of lost Proust: Film may show revered author

Paris - AFP

An oval face with a thin black moustache, descending the steps of a Paris church: Is this the only known footage showing the French literary giant Marcel Proust? A Canadian researcher says it is indeed, in a silent film taken on November 14, 1904, when the author of "In Search of Lost Time" was 33 years old. The man thought

For Kurds in Syria, world novels finally speak their language

Qamishli - AFP

Abdo Shehu sits in an office in Kurdish-majority Qamishli in northeast Syria, surrounded by copies of the first Western novel available in the city in his own language. The novel is "Snow" by French writer Maxence Fermine, the first fruits of a new project to translate international works of literature into a language that was effectively banned in Syria until

Irish author first novelist to win Costa prize twice

London - AFP

Irish writer Sebastian Barry on Tuesday became the first novelist to scoop the Costa Book of the Year award twice, with his portrayal of an 1850s gay relationship between US soldiers. "Days Without End" was the judges' unanimous choice for Barry's "searing, magnificent and incredibly moving description of how the West was won", said the award chair Kate Williams. The

Asma Lamrabet: Morocco's Muslim feminist polymath

Rabat - AFP

Moroccan author Asma Lamrabet is used to multi-tasking -- mixing her writing with a career in medicine -- but perhaps her most noteworthy balancing act is being both a faithful Muslim and a committed feminist. A tireless advocate for gender equality in a region where women's rights often lag far behind those of men, Lamrabet has accumulated a body of

A dinner for all senses, with a Billy Corgan song So why not bring all of the senses together

New York - AFP

People take pleasure in music. And food. And touch. So why not bring all of the senses together at once? A new concert and dinner in New York aims to stimulate simultaneously all five senses, with the goal of maximizing happiness. The project, conceived by composer and chef Ysanne Spevack, will revolve around a meal that emphasizes crowd-pleasing cacao as

Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpiece dies at 88

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Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpieces as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" died at age 88, his personal assistant said in a statement. Albee died at his home in Montauk, New York after a short illness, according to his longtime personal assistant Jakob Holder. Considered one of the most important American playwrights of his time, Albee wrote

8th Edition of Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Now Open

Sharjah - Arab Today

The eighth edition of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature is now open to accept submissions, with its organisers encouraging publishers, authors and illustrators of Arabic children’s and young people’s books from across the world to send in their entries before the end of August. Organised by the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) and sponsored by

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