Literary Zone

British writer Malachi McIntosh

Malachi McIntosh was born in Birmingham but raised in the United States. He worked for five years in academia after completing a PhD in English, but (...)

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French writer Maryse Condé

Maryse Condé (née Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon) 11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas (...)

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Mexican writer Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano[a] (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the (...)

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Chinese writer Mo Yan

Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as (...)

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Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe

Biographical Kenzaburo Oe was born in 1935, in a village hemmed in by the forests of Shikoku, one of the four main islands of Japan. His family had lived (...)

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American writer Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American visual artist and sculptor, bestselling novelist, and award-winning poet ​ After becoming (...)

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Ethiopian writer Dinaw Mengistu

Dinaw Mengestu (ዲናው መንግስቱ) (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the (...)

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British writer Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo

Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA (born 28 May 1959) is a British author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker (...)

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Poetry: Little songs

Little Songs By Rowan Ricardo Phillips I write my little song. And you call it Guitar noodle. You write without you here. And I call it the (...)

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Poetry: Cut not a tree

Cut Not a Tree By Elizabeth Kamara, Freetown, Sierra Leone Cut not a tree, you know its worth Cut not a tree, it has a life To live and breathe (...)

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South African poet Oswald Mtshali

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ngu nyana ka Ayola no Unam (born 17 January 1940) is a South African poet. He has written in Zulu, English, and Afrikaans. He (...)

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