The first week of August this year brought with it a chance to visit Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, an unlikely setting ...

It warns of 'incidences of violence, mental illness and expressions of Christian faith' in other medieval texts also ...

The legacy of an 18th century poet said to have inspired Robert Burns and known for his famous poem about “Auld Reikie” is to ...

During a visit to Norway, the author explores the rich tapestry of Norwegian literature through the works of Ibsen and Hamsun.

Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783, just 18 months after his namesake George Washington led America to independence with victory over the British at Yorktown.

STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (Reuters) - South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic ...

The luck (and literature) of the Irish You may not realize it, but you have Irish authors to thank for some of the world’s ...

For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence of ...