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A Science Fiction Writer Wrestles With China’s Rise, and His Own Decline

May 27, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on A Science Fiction Writer Wrestles With China’s Rise, and His Own Decline

In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true.

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How a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined Translation

May 26, 2025May 26, 2025Pragati K.B.Comments Off on How a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined Translation

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.

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The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025Martin FacklerComments Off on The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan

Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.”

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Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class

An avatar of the long-dead British novelist is “teaching” an online writing course. But do we want to learn from a digital prosthetic built by artificial intelligence?

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A Push to Remove Symbols of Imperial Russia Divides Odesa, Ukraine

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025Constant Méheut and Daria MitiukComments Off on A Push to Remove Symbols of Imperial Russia Divides Odesa, Ukraine

A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.

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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West

April 27, 2025April 28, 2025ADAM NOSSITERComments Off on Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West

He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.

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Overlooked Letter Rewrites History of Shakespeare’s Bad Marriage

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025Ephrat LivniComments Off on Overlooked Letter Rewrites History of Shakespeare’s Bad Marriage

New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.

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Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89

April 14, 2025April 15, 2025Simon RomeroComments Off on Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89

Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders of his native country.

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Richard Bernstein Dies at 80; Times Correspondent, Critic and Author

April 2, 2025April 4, 2025Roger CohenComments Off on Richard Bernstein Dies at 80; Times Correspondent, Critic and Author

He wrote from Europe and Asia, served as a book critic and produced a raft of books, on subjects ranging from the French condition to multiculturalism.

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The Hot Place to Be Seen for Young Indians: Book Festivals

March 8, 2025Anupreeta Das and Gabriela BhaskarComments Off on The Hot Place to Be Seen for Young Indians: Book Festivals

From beaches to hilltops, young people are driving a boom in literary events as they read more in India’s dozens of native languages.

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U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start

May 28, 2025Aaron Boxerman

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Joël Le Scouarnec, French Doctor Who Molested Hundreds of Children, Is Sentenced

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Stalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History

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Germany Says It Will Step Up Weapons Support for Ukraine as Zelensky Visits

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Wednesday Briefing: Chaos at a Gaza Aid Site

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Wednesday Briefing: Chaos at a Gaza Aid Site

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