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Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for LiteratureUS singer Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first songwriter to win the prestigious award. The Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize committee said the 75-year-old rock legend was selected for the More… |
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Competition dates extended for Emirates ‘Capture 380’Emirates, in collaboration with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, will be extending the deadline and age limit for its popular competition focused on photography and creative writing, ‘Capture 380’. Particip More… |
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Belarussian Alexievich wins Nobel for literatureBelarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union which the Swedish Academy said was "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." Ale More… |
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Entries still open for Etisalat Prize for LiteratureWriters from Africa have two days left to enter the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is the first ever Pan African prize celebrating debut African writers of published More… |
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Chinese writer wins Nobel prize for literatureChinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life grounded in his native land. The prize, awarded by More… |
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Manama named Arab Culture Capital 2012Bahrain's capital will find itself at the centre of Arab culture for the whole of next year, after being named Cultural Capital of the Arab World 2012. It is the first time Manama has been selected for the initiative, which was launche More… |
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Germany's Mueller wins Nobel literature prizeGerman writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature, the award committee said on Thursday. The Swedish Academy, which decides the winner of the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.4 million) prize, recognised Mueller for her abili More… |
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Creative writing contest for studentsThe Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL), the region’s first literary festival, has launched a creative writing competition that is open to both English and Arabic writing students under 16. The competition has bee More… |
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Creative writing contest for studentsThe Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL), the region’s first literary festival, has launched a creative writing competition that is open to both English and Arabic writing students under 16. The competition has bee More… |
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Emirates plans literary festivalEmirates Airline is bringing International Festival of Literature to Dubai, it was announced at London Book Fair. Some of the world’s most creative literary talent will write a new chapter in the inspirational story of Dubai when the city More… |
