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Thursday, December 8, 2011

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English poet John Keats (1795 -1821), belongs to the second generation of Romantic poets. His poetry is characterised by elaborate word c...

M. T. Vasudevan Nair (b.1933), the noted writer and screenwriter was born at Kudallur, in Palakkad district. He has received many awards in...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 -1834) is an English poet, literary critic and philosopher. He and his friend Wordsworth are regarded as th...

Cesar Vallejo (1892–1938), a Peruvian poet, published three books of poems during his lifetime. He is considered one of the great poetic ...

Guy de Maupassant (1850–93), is a French author who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. The themes of his sto...

Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German dramatist and poet is an influential literary figure of the twentieth century. 'Life of Galileo'...

Ambrose Bierce (1842– c.1914)known for his sharp, satirical wit was born in Ohio. He grew up in a large, poor family. After spending a ye...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Roald Dahl (1916 – 90) is a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with his works for ...

Alexander Pushkin (1799- 1837) was born in Moscow, Russia. He is 'Russia’s Bard' and one of the most important contributors to m...

Robert Hayden (1913-80) is an American poet, essayist and educator. His works often address the plight of African Americans. He has writt...

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904- 91) was born in Poland. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. In 1935 he migrated to Americ...

Louise Bogan, an American poet published her first book of poetry, 'Body of This Death: Poems' in 1923. Her poems reveal her nove...

Sandra Cisneros, born in 1954 in Chicago, has written novels, short stories, essays and poems. Her works highlight the problems of Chican...

Kathleen Conyngham Greene (1885-1924)is a British playwright who has authored five plays. In her plays we find women as central characters.

Shanta Shelke (1922-2002) born in Pune, Maharashtra, is a poet, journalist, teacher, translator and composer. Her poems deal with the pro...

Seamus Heaney (b.1939) Irish poet and writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His first book, ‘Eleven Poems’, was publi...

Munshi Premchand (1880– 1936) is generally regarded as the foremost Hindi-Urdu writer during the early twentieth century. Premchand wrote...

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967) American poet, historian, novelist and folklorist is called ‘The Singing Bard’. In his work Sandburg gives vo...

Alexander Baron (1917-99) is a British novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his highly acclaimed novel about the Second ...