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Women writers bond over words
1 month ago

Women writers bond over words

China Daily  

By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-23 13:44 Book lovers in a group photo with the four Asian women writers in Beijing last month, after attending their dialogue, organized by the Beijing October Arts and Literature Publishing House. One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong …

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In the face of violence, Manipuri women writers have forged a new path
1 year, 7 months ago

In the face of violence, Manipuri women writers have forged a new path

The Hindu  

The spiral of violence that has gripped Manipur from May 3 leaving more than 60 dead and scores injured will have brought back a familiar sense of unease in a State not unused to such flareups in the past. In the Introduction, Samom says that the writers, including four Sahitya Akademi winners — Maharaj Kumari Binodini, Sunita Ningombam, Arambam Ongbi …

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A celebration of women writers from the Indian subcontinent
1 year, 9 months ago

A celebration of women writers from the Indian subcontinent

The Hindu  

Several women authors of the Indian subcontinent have made a mark with their bold and incisive writing. From the legendary Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the first woman Muslim writer from colonial Bengal, who wrote about the oppression of women and their liberation at a time when it was unthinkable to the crusader-writer Mahasweta Devi, inspired by the ordinary Adivasi, Dalit …

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Happy Women's Day 2023: Inspiring quotes by legendary women writers
1 year, 9 months ago

Happy Women's Day 2023: Inspiring quotes by legendary women writers

Hindustan Times  

Each year, International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 “to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality and women's empowerment but also to critically reflect on those accomplishments and strive for a greater momentum towards gender equality worldwide. It is a day to recognize the extraordinary acts of women and to stand together, as a united force, to …

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Recent discovery shows women scholars have been hiding in plain sight of history
1 year, 10 months ago

Recent discovery shows women scholars have been hiding in plain sight of history

Raw Story  

The poignant discovery of an 8th-century Englishwoman scratching her name no less than 15 times upon a Latin manuscript reminds us that women have been leaving their mark upon literature since time immemorial. While scholars have typically dated the emergence of women writers in England to the later Middle Ages, Eadburg’s writing of her name reminds us that women were …

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Interview: Jayasree Kalathil, translator - “Read the text for what it is”
2 years, 1 month ago

Interview: Jayasree Kalathil, translator - “Read the text for what it is”

Hindustan Times  

How do you choose a text for translation? Translator Jayasree Kalathil Translation involves a long, intimate relationship with a text, and as with any relationship, it is important that I feel intellectually and emotionally involved. I think of translation more as a process of creating a new work of literature from a text in a different language, where the translator’s …

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In Paris, walking tours return women to the heart of the story
2 years, 4 months ago

In Paris, walking tours return women to the heart of the story

Hindustan Times  

On a recent morning in Paris' Left Bank district, tour guide Mina Briant led a small group past the legendary Cafe Les Deux Magots and the Saint-Germain-des-Pres Church — both magnets for tourists — to a leafy courtyard tucked away on a back street. The Women of Paris literary walking tour highlights women writers' struggles and successes There, Briant, who …

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Why this new book of stories by Afghan women is important
2 years, 9 months ago

Why this new book of stories by Afghan women is important

Live Mint  

No part of life in the last couple of years has remained unmarked by the various global disasters surrounding us: a pandemic, economic crisis, wars. My Pen is the Wing of a Bird, an anthology of short fiction by marginalized Afghan women, had to survive the pandemic and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-2021. The project by Untold Narratives, …

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Stella Prize 10 years on: Australian authors reflect on how the award changed their careers and the literary landscape
2 years, 9 months ago

Stella Prize 10 years on: Australian authors reflect on how the award changed their careers and the literary landscape

ABC  

When Heather Rose found out she had won the $50,000 Stella Prize for Australian women and non-binary writers in 2017, she celebrated by taking a bottle of champagne to the beach with her friends in Hobart. Stella Prize winners 2021: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld 2020: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill 2019: The Erratics by …

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K. Srilata writes about her mother, the Tamil writer Vatsala, in this new column
2 years, 9 months ago

K. Srilata writes about her mother, the Tamil writer Vatsala, in this new column

The Hindu  

My almost-80 mother, the Tamil writer Vatsala, phoned me last evening and, in a voice girlish with excitement, announced that she had written close to 200 poems in the last two years. “No one in the literary world knew me when I first started out,” my mother tells me and adds just as quickly, “But I have enjoyed the support …

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No Time To Die: The women who have shaped Bond
3 years, 3 months ago

No Time To Die: The women who have shaped Bond

BBC  

No Time To Die: The women who have shaped Bond Getty Images Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge's involvement in the latest Bond film has been a big talking point. Alamy Daniel Craig has said Waller-Bridge's "influence permeates a lot of" new Bond film No Time To Die Waller-Bridge was nominated for the film by longstanding producer Barbara Broccoli and has been …

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Review: 'Helmet' is Nothing More Than an Interesting Idea
3 years, 3 months ago

Review: 'Helmet' is Nothing More Than an Interesting Idea

The Quint  

This gives rise to the genius plan, to sell the said item to eager customers wearing helmets, so no one recognises them. However, writers Gopal Mudhane, Rohan Shankar and director Sarram Ramani are never able to make the film anything more than an interesting idea. The final act of triumph is Lucky addressing a huge crowd of supporters by making …

Women writers have been marginalised in Hindi literature for far too long
3 years, 3 months ago

Women writers have been marginalised in Hindi literature for far too long

The Hindu  

Although renowned Sanskritist Michael Witzel questions the widely accepted belief that there were nearly 30 women rishis who composed Rigvedic hymns, he has to come to terms with the possible existence of five such women poets, besides two prominent Upanishadic women — Maitreyi and Gargi. He says, “This does not mean, of course, that women did not compose poems during …

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The Ritu Menon interview | 'Feminist publishing is a development activity. It is not just about producing books'
3 years, 5 months ago

The Ritu Menon interview | 'Feminist publishing is a development activity. It is not just about producing books'

Firstpost  

Listening to Ritu Menon is an education in itself. She holds within her a living archive of stories about feminist publishing, the women’s movement in South Asia, and the commitments of people across borders who have taken great risks and nurtured long-term relationships of care and solidarity. Friends of ours in publishing said, “There is no market for this.” We …

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