Swiss rankle as scholar hints at Heidis German origins
MAIENFELD The legend of Heidi, the storybook character cherished as a national icon in Switzerland,...
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India`s education plan being helped by village initiative
SANTINIKETAN It`s an ambitious plan - giving all children under the age of six free education among...
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Winnie-the-Pooh returns
LONDON British childrens literature favourite Winnie-the-Pooh is back for a new adventure with trusty...
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J M Coetzee in running for third Booker crown
LONDON South African author JM Coetzee is in the running for an unprecedented third Booker Prize, after...
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Danish poet Inger Christensen dies at 73
COPENHAGEN Poet Inger Christensen, considered one of Denmarks greatest authors and long mentioned among...
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QUIZ-O-MANIA: In Black And White
ONE The first Nobel Prize in literature was awarded in 1901 to Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme, who wrote...
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Frenchman Le Clezio clinches Nobel for literature
STOCKHOLM French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose early work in the 1960s was acclaimed for...
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Book ban ends Arab-Israeli cultural exchange
HAIFA, Israel For 15 years Israeli Saleh Abbasi has traded books between the Jewish state and its Arab...
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