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Latitudes Of Longing
''Latitudes of Longing'' is the debut novel by Indian author and journalist Shubhangi Swarup. One of the first Indian novels to engage with environmental changes, it is a “novella in four parts” featuring nature as a living, heaving entity. A tectonically active fault line serves as the narrative thread for the novel. A literary fiction, the novel is set in the Indian subcontinent that follows the interconnected lives of its characters searching for true intimacy. Swarup’s first book, ''Latitudes of Longing'' was published in 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers India. Swarup began writing the manuscript in 2011, sitting alone in “a supposedly haunted guesthouse” in the Andaman Islands. In an interview published in The Hindu, Swarup mentioned that it took her seven years to write ''Latitudes of Longing''. Swarup was awarded thCharles Pick Fellowship for creative writing University of East Anglia, 2012–13, which helped with her further research. The potential of the stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubhangi Swarup
Shubhangi Swarup (hindi - शुभांगी स्वरुप; IPA - ʃʊbʰɑ́ŋgiː svəruːp) is an Indian author, journalist and educator. She is best known for her novel '' Latitudes of Longing'', which was published in 2018 by HarperCollins and was declared a bestseller soon after its release in India, and Sweden. Swarup has worked as a journalist since 2008, and has written for Open, The Mint and also worked briefly in Zanzibar in 2011. She was the Executive Editor for ElseVR channel, India's first virtual reality (VR) journalism platform co-created by filmmaker and producer Anand Gandhi. In this capacity, she directed and wrote ''When Borders Move'', a documentary about Hunderman, a village in Kargil that once belonged to Pakistan, was shortly in no man’s land, and now belongs to India. As part of the Dekeyser and Friend’s Dance Project, Swarup was part of Fire of Anatolia, a Turkish dance group consisting of 120 dancers, several choreographers and other techni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India, while the Coco Islands and Preparis Island are part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. The Andaman Islands are home to the Andamanese peoples, Andamanese, a group of indigenous people made up of a number of tribes, including the Jarawas (Andaman Islands), Jarawa and Sentinelese. While some of the islands can be visited with permits, entry to others, including North Sentinel Island, is banned by law. The Sentinelese are generally hostile to visitors and have had Uncontacted peoples, little contact with any other people. The Indian government and coast guard protect th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scotland, Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in Glasgow, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Guimet Prize For Asian Literature
The Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature (Le Prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique) is a French literary prize awarded for the first time in 2017, and annually thereafter. About the prize The jury is made up of staff from the Musée Guimet The Guimet Museum (full name in ; ''MNAAG''; ) is a Parisian art museum with one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia that includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries. Foun ..., with writers, publishers and others in the book world. Between five and ten works from the previous year are selected on the basis of four criteria * the winning work is a translation into French, * the author is from one of the geographical areas of expertise of the museum, * the translation was published in France during the previous calendar year, * the original text was published in its country of origin less than ten years earlier. Winners and honorees References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guernica (magazine)
''Guernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics'' is an American digital magazine known for publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reportage, art, and interviews that focus primarily on global perspectives and the intersection between art and politics. The magazine is particularly committed to world literature, platforming marginalized voices and translating work from all continents into English, and it has been a place of first publication for many notable writers. History ''Guernica'' was founded in 2004 by Joel Whitney, Michael Archer, Josh Jones, and Elizabeth Onusko. Guernica Inc. has been a not-for-profit corporation since 2009. National Book Foundation Director Lisa Lucas was the publisher of ''Guernica'' from 2014 until 2016. Madhuri Sastry and Jina Moore were co-publishers from 2016 until 2024. Awards and events In 2008, Okey Ndibe's "My Biafran Eyes" won a Best of the Web prize from Dzanc Books. In 2008, Rebecca Morgan Frank's "Rescue" was chosen for the Best New Poets awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Realism
Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. ''Magical realism'' is the most commonly used of the three terms and refers to literature in particular, with magical or supernatural phenomena presented in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting, and is commonly found in novels and dramatic performances. In his article "Magical Realism in Spanish American Literature", Luis Leal explains the difference between magic literature and magical realism, stating that, "Magical realism is not magic literature either. Its aim, unlike that of magic, is to express emotions, not to evoke them." Despite including certain magic elements, it is generally considered to be a different genre from fantasy because magical realism uses a substantial amount of realistic detail and employs magical elements to make a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecofiction
Ecofiction (also "eco-fiction" or "eco fiction") is the branch of literature that encompasses nature or environment-oriented works of fiction. While this super genre's roots are seen in classic, pastoral, magical realism, animal metamorphoses, science fiction, and other genres, the term ecofiction did not become popular until the 1960s when various movements created the platform for an explosion of environmental and nature literature, which also inspired ecocriticism. Ecocriticism is the study of literature and the environment from an interdisciplinary point of view, where literature scholars analyze texts that illustrate environmental concerns and examine the various ways literature treats the subject of nature. Environmentalists have claimed that the human relationship with the ecosystem often went unremarked in earlier literature. According to Jim Dwyer, author of ''Where the Wild Books Are: A Field Guide to Ecofiction'', "My criteria for determining whether a given work is ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JCB Prize
JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018. It is awarded annually with prize to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer. The winners will be announced each November with shortlists in October and longlists in September. It has been called ''"India's most valuable literature prize"''. Rana Dasgupta is the founding Literary Director of the JCB Prize. In 2020, Mita Kapur was appointed as the new Literary Director. The JCB Literature Foundation was established to maintain the award. It is funded by the English construction manufacturing group JCB (heavy equipment manufacturer), JCB. Publishers are allowed, per imprint, to enter two novels originally written in English and two novels translated into English from another language. Honourees Winners indicated with a blue ribbon (). 2018 The inaugural JCB Prize longlist was announced in September 2018. The 5-member shortlist was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DSC Prize For South Asian Literature
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South AsiaNote: South Asia for the purposes of the prize is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. See Eligibility Criteria. themes such as culture, politics, history, or people. It is for an original full-length novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ... written in English, or translated into English. The award is for novels published in the year preceding the judging of the prize. The winner receives 25,000 USD. The DSC Prize was instituted by Surina Narula and Manhad Narula in 2010. Its stated purpose is to showcase the best writing about the South Asian region and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Dublin Literary Award
The International Dublin Literary Award (), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely sponsored by Dublin City Council, Ireland. At €100,000, the award is one of the richest literary prizes in the world. If the winning book is a translation (as it has been twelve times), the prize is divided between the writer and the translator, with the writer receiving €75,000 and the translator €25,000. The first award was made in 1996 to David Malouf for his English-language novel '' Remembering Babylon''. Nominations are submitted by public libraries worldwide – over 400 library systems in 177 countries worldwide are invited to nominate books each year – from which the shortlist and the eventual winner are selected by an international panel of judges (which changes each year). Eligibility and procedure The prize is open t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushila Devi Literature Award
Sushil is a first name in Hindu and Buddhist communities. The feminine form is ( Sushila). An alternate spelling used is Susheel. People with first name "Sushil/Sushila" * Sushila Adivarekar (1923–2012), Indian politician * Sushil Atreya, planetary scientist, educator and researcher * Sushil Barman, Indian politician * Sushil Barongpa (born 1947), Indian politician * Sushil Bhattacharya (1924–2015), Indian football player and coach * Sushil Biswas (1955–2014), Indian politician * Sushil Bose (1911–1989), Indian cricketer * Sushila Chain Trehan (1923–2011), Indian freedom fighter and women's rights activist * Sushil Chandra (born 1957), Indian politician * Sushil Chandra Varma (1926–2011), Indian politician * Sushila Chanu (born 1992), Indian field hockey player * Sushila Chaudhary, Nepalese politician * Sushil Chhetri, Nepalese actor * Sushil Datta (born 1959), Indian filmmaker, writer and teacher * Shushila Devi Likmabam (born 1995), Indian judoka * Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight years after Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name '' The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''The'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his Tamil Nadu press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of '' The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
