The father of English poetry

Geoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages . Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) is ranked as one of the greatest poets of the late Middle Ages and his burial in Westminster Abbey begins the tradition of ‘poet’s corner’, last resting More...

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By gktoday On Thursday, December 8th, 2011
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Man Booker Prize, 2011

Julian Barnes has won the award for his latest novel “The Sense of an Ending”, which is a tale of childhood friendship and the imperfections of memory.  More...

By gktoday On Thursday, October 6th, 2011
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Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer wins Nobel literature prize

The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him acclaim as one of the most important Scandinavian More...

By gktoday On Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
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Books and Authors

MOTHER  IS THE FAMOUS WORK OF    MAXIM GORKY THE PROPHET  IS THE FAMOUS WORK OF”    KHALIL GIBRAN JUNGLE BOOK  IS WRITTEN BY RUDYARD KIPLING ROBINSON CRUSOE  IS THE FAMOUS WORK OF”    DANIEL More...

By gktoday On Saturday, January 24th, 2009
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LITERATURE AT GLANCE

LITERATURE  AT GLANCE First Indian Nobel Prize winner: Rabindra Nath Tagore was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize. He won it for literature (Gitanjali) in 1913. Gunadhya: author of Brihatkatha, ‘Great Story’, More...