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The significance of the mockingbird in American literature
Host Amanda McNulty explores the significance of literary character Atticus Finch saying, 'It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' ...
My journey with Spanish-Latin American poetry: a tie forged by serendipity and sustained by passion
In celebration of the 30th World Book Day, the "Spring Reading" - China-Latin America Literature Salon was held by the Global ...
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How Black poets built the ‘centrifugal force’ in modern American literature
“If there was a centrifugal force in American letters over the last 25 ... “It’s been largely out of the power of literature. It hasn’t been driven by the power of commerce.
‘Spring Reading’ – China-Latin America Literature Salon held at Colombian Embassy
"Spring unfurls pages, civilizations symphonize together." On the occasion of the 30th World Book Day, the Global Times and ...
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize Winning Latin American Novelist, Dies at 89
Vargas Llosa was one of the greatest of modern Latin American novelists, adapted on several occasions to the big screen.
Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 89
The Peruvian-born writer died in Lima on Sunday. A leading Latin American author, he saw literature as a way of shaping ...
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Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 works ...