JRR Tolkien in an archive photo. | Photo: Alamy / Profimedia.cz creator Tolkien, who lived from 1892 to 1973, had many predecessors: from the novels of William Morris, the first to be set in a completely fictional fantasy world, to the Conan stories from the pen of Robert E. Howard. However, none have been as … Read more
Harvesting a new literary landscape with tall peaks during climbing ——”New Era Literature Climbing Project” to promote literature from “plateau” to “peak” Guangming Daily reporter Liu Jiangwei On August 16, at the 2023 Shanghai Book Fair, the Chinese Writers Association’s “New Era Literary Climbing Project” joint exhibition was launched. Writer Bi Feiyu presented his new … Read more
Radio Tatooine launches into the Ahsoka-MeetingFriday, August 25, 2023 at 09:33 by Shaped In Now Radio Tatooine is finally starting again. The review of episode 1 – and only episode 1 – of Ahsoka the professional chatters devote a relaxed not quite 4 hours: Episode 145 – Round and colorful Disney’s latest moving image Ahsoka … Read more
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 16 minutes ago The Woman in Blue, a work by William Henry Johnson, is one of the artists exhibited at the Met. HANDOUT / AFP Beginning next February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature 160 works of modern art from historic black universities, art centers and foundations, for … Read more
19. August 2023, 13:00 Featuring music by Lou Reed, Gustav Mahler, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron, de la Soul, Henry Cowell, Morton Feldman and more It starts with a little New York conversation, one on the phone. He was at home when the bell woke him up from his nap. And then a bit of “gossip” … Read more
SZ-Magazine: As a young man you tried out a lot of professions. Can it be said that you became a writer rather by accident because you hadn’t had success anywhere before?Richard Ford: You can. I didn’t like law school. I joined the Marines when I was 20, but it didn’t work out because I got … Read more
The theater consists of the staging. That is, to represent live a story or situation in which different characters interact. It has transcended throughout history for different purposes, such as educational, religious or entertainment, but always as a tool to communicate ideas on a massive scale. It takes place on a stage but, nowadays, it … Read more
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 1 hour ago, Just Updated The returned works were presented at a press conference last September. BRENDAN MCDERMID / REUTERS The US state is actively campaigning to find and return works looted from around the world by highly organized smuggling networks. New York justice returned this Tuesday, August 8 … Read more
Bremen (dpa) – Masha Gessen received this year’s Hannah Arendt Prize for political thinking. According to the jury, Gessen is one of the bravest chroniclers of the time, as stated in a statement on Thursday. Gessen’s books, essays and presence open up new perspectives that help to understand a world undergoing accelerated change, the award’s … Read more
Berlin (dpa/bb) – The music festival Young Euro Classic in Berlin has made a focus on the Ukraine war for this year’s edition with “Courage in Concert”. According to information from Tuesday, young musicians and authors from Ukraine as well as from the neighboring countries of Georgia, Uzbekistan and Estonia will be presented. Because of … Read more