Literature
Vilenica literary festival gets under way
Ljubljana – The 36th international literary festival Vilenica is getting under way in Ljubljana on Tuesday as a mix of online an in-person events to explore the theme of fear and courage. Austrian writer Josef Winkler will be honoured with the Vilenica Prize.
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Festival of poetry and wine celebrating 25th anniversary
Ptuj – The city of Ptuj will host the 25th Days of Poetry and Wine from 24 to 28 August. Czech and Portuguese poets Petr Borkovec and Ana Luisa Amaral will be the guests of honour and the Open Letter to Europe will be written and read by German poet Durs Grünbein.
Stay Safe by Volkan Aslan at SALT Galata
Published for the first time in Varlık magazine on Jan. 15, 1936, renowned short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık offers a glimpse into the world of an orphan named Trifon in his story "Stelyanos Hrisopulos Gemisi" (The Stelyanos Hrisopulos).
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Amateur UK archaeologist: Holy Grail in secret crypt in West London river
Finding the Holy Grail is the...Holy Grail of archaeological finds
New medal for Serbia - Milica Mandic in the final
In the semifinal match, she celebrated against the French Aletta Laurent with the result 7: 5.
Both taekwondo players entered the match cautiously, so we didn't see the first points until the middle of the second round when Milica Mandi fired a shot in the area of Laurent's head.
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Huge Harry Potter store opens in New York
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Kafka letters, drawings made publicly available online
An unpublished collection of letters, manuscripts and drawings by Franz Kafka are now available online via the Israel National Library, which recovered the documents after years of legal wrangling.
Some 120 drawings and more than 200 letters to his friend Max Brod are among the archives now available for public viewing, the project's curator Stefan Litte told AFP.
Σκοτώθηκε ο γνωστός τηλεοπτικός Ταρζάν, Τζο Λάρα, σε αεροπορικό δυστύχημα
Ήταν μολις 58 ετών - Είχε γίνει διάσημος για την σειρά «Tarzan: The Epic Adventures»
Amin Maalouf to meet with Turkish readers
Institut Français Turkey will bring together the world's leading author Amin Maalouf with his Turkish readers in an online event.
Amin Maalouf, a contemporary Lebanese novelist whose books have been translated into more than 40 languages, will be attending the Literature Hall online event.
The event will take place on the Zoom platform on April 28.
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Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk pens plague story in new novel
Nobel prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has published his latest book, "Veba Geceleri" (Nights of Plague), in a timely arrival when the world can resonate with a plague outbreak on a fictional Ottoman island as it scrambles to end the unprecedented plague of the 21st century: The COVID-19 pandemic.