Literature

During these festive days along with the joy and happiness of the holidays we see before our eyes - albeit sometimes almost imperceptibly or by association as the Alexandrian poet Cavafy would say - images of unhappiness and incapacity.

Members of the Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) group splashed paint and scattered fliers outside the residence of Apostolos Vakakis, the CEO of Greek toy and seasonal items retailer Jumbo, in an overnight protest over labor rights.

A number of 188 people infected by the novel coronavirus - 121 male and 67 female - have died within the last 24 hours, total mortality rate reaching 14.157 people, informed, on Friday, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS).

As many as 107 people infected with the novel coronavirus - 57 men and 50 women - have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 13,969, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Thursday.

A number of 204 people - 133 men and 71 women - infected with the novel coronavirus have died in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 death toll reaching 13,698, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Tuesday .

British best-selling author David Cornwell, better known as John le Carre whose Cold War-era spy novels transformed the espionage genre, died over the weekend, his literary agent said. He was 89 years old.

His family said le Carre died Saturday night in Cornwall, Britain, from pneumonia after a short battle with the illness.

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died at age 89.

Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis Brown, said on Dec. 13 that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday after a short illness. The death was not related to COVID-19.

The non-governmental Coalition Margini together with the Network for Protection against Discrimination has filed a lawsuit, demanding the removal of a university textbook that blames women for the rising number of divorces, condemns abortion and classifies same-sex partnerships as debauchery.

Non-governmental organizations of art institutions have released statements and asked the cancelation of rehearsals and performances following the death of the State Theater's (DT) stage and costume designer Ali Cem Köroğlu because of COVID-19 at the age of 62 last week.

Ljubljana – Feri Lainšček, a writer and poet from Slovenia’s north-easternmost region, and Marko Mušič, an architect who has made a name for himself in Slovenia and throughout the former Yugoslavia, are the winners of the Prešeren Prizes for lifetime-achievement for 2021. The country’s top accolades for artistic accomplishments will be presented on 7 February.