In swipe at government, Congress says 7th NAM summit took place in 1983 'without much self-serving publicity'Ramesh said, "The 7th Non-Aligned Summit took place without much hype and self-serving publicity in New Delhi for five days in March 1983."...
03 Sep, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Colombian engineer's library is filled with different editions of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'Jorge Ivan Salazar owns 379 editions of the book.
26 Oct, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
Letters sent to Garcia Marquez, discovered by his granddaughter, to go on display in MexicoThe exhibition is part of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of his winning the Nobel literature prize.
16 Jun, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa to return home after receiving Covid treatmentLlosa went in for treatment last week following "complications caused by coronavirus".
25 Apr, 2022, 04.32 PM IST
Latin American literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa hospitalised due to Covid-19The Nobel Laureate's writing explores universal themes often set outside his native Peru.
23 Apr, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Renowned Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a secret Mexican daughterThe author is famous for novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.
18 Jan, 2022, 12.10 PM IST
A slice of literary life: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's clothes to be auctioned in MexicoThe items that will go on sale were selected by Marquez' granddaughter Emilia Garcia Elizondo.
18 Oct, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize for literatureThe Nobel prize recognised Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee...
07 Oct, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
A Remembrance of forgetting about things past: A look back at Gabriel Garcia Marquez's final yearsGarcia's prose is spare and elegant. He eschews any kind of sensationalism, and the slim book is illuminated by his love and admiration for...
25 Sep, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Mercedes Barcha, widow of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, passes away at 87Barcha is survived by her two sons with Garcia Marquez, Gonzalo and Rodrigo Garcia Barcha.
17 Aug, 2020, 09.18 AM IST
Tell me a story: Zirca Digital Solutions boss reads 3 books at a timeNeena DasGupta counts 'Cinema Paradiso' among her favourite films.
23 Aug, 2019, 08.06 AM IST
On Maserati India boss Bojan Jankulovski's reading list: 'Shoe Dog', a memoir by the Nike founderA yoga enthusiast, Jankulovski loves the beaches and blue skies.
15 Sep, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
First edition copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel stolenAccording to the copy owner Alvaro Castillo Granada, the book was stolen yesterday at the International Book Fair of Bogota organised to pa...
04 May, 2015, 05.15 PM IST
Marquez, Khushwant Singh, MS Subbulakshmi: Books fly off the shelves posthumouslyAs their books fly off the shelves, in death, writers and artists offer stiff competition to those still living
24 Apr, 2014, 01.15 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi falls for hoax Gabriel Garcia Marquez's farewell letterMarquez wrote no such note. What is doing the rounds of the internet as the author’s “Farewell letter” is a poem written by Mexican ventril...
24 Apr, 2014, 08.54 AM IST
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a supreme architect of bridgesGabriel Garcia Marquez, a supreme architect of bridgesHe was a master weaver of tales, and a supreme architect of bridges, for through his ...
20 Apr, 2014, 02.47 PM IST
- Stealing a March
India’s potential has been aptly gauged by some Colombians and Peruvians.
19 Mar, 2011, 05.48 AM IST