At the Sahitya Akademi's literary conference, writers including Anuja Chandramouli and Thamizhachi Thangapandian discussed ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was more than a writer—he was a revolutionary thinker who used language, storytelling, and theatre as tools ...

Throughout his life, the celebrated literary figure championed vernacular languages as instruments of decolonisation and ...

The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in ...

Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s ...

Malawians have joined the global community in paying tribute to Kenyan-bornglobal literature icon Ngugi wa Thiong’o who died ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, ...

At the most extreme, some forms of constrained writing are even more self-limiting and end up being very, very constrained ...

Ranging from the familiar to the more obscure, we’ll explore some of the terms for the literary devices that make prose and poetry dance off the page. To begin with, the adverb “literally” m ...

Without language, the documentation of scientific breakthroughs, literature, and religious philosophies would not exist. It enables expression, connection, and the transmission of knowledge across ...

With ten novels translated into English and numerous prestigious awards, including the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature, Murugan's work continues to bridge linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Mr. Vargas Llosa also published literary criticism ... After serving two terms, Fujimori resigned in disgrace and was imprisoned for human rights atrocities. Mr. Vargas Llosa licked his wounds ...