This interview with Polish translator Jakub Kornhauser explores the growing popularity of Romanian literature in Poland, ...

A quarter of a century has now passed since Boris Yeltsin's ceding of power. No one then thought that the peaceful and flourishing Russia that celebrated Moscow's 850th anniversary in 199 ...

One of America’s most important writers – and civil rights activists – of the 20th century, everything Baldwin penned was a work of art. None more so than this short, gut punch of a novel set in 50s ...

An 11th-century warlord who fought for both Christian and Muslim rulers left behind a reputation that expanded into myth.

Thisdiscussion of the work of many eminent authors writing in Indian languages aims for a political interpretation of a few ...

A true master of vaudeville, Feydeau is one of the most influential playwrights in French literature. This year, the Théâtre ...

Thus, even as Adorno stresses how damaged the world is, happiness can nevertheless be pursued in it—hence the precarious ...

Leonard Bernstein’s operetta “Candide” deserves its place of honor in the repertoire of any contemporary classical music ...

French author Jules Verne gave us some astoundingly accurate predictions of future technological advances. His stories ...

Dubbed 'the green fairy', the anise-flavored spirit is derived from several plants including the flowers of Artemisia absinthium as well as other culinary herbs.

Born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in 1904, Ba Jin — who was born as Li Yaotang — achieved literary acclaim with his debut novella Mie Wang (Destruction), which he published ...

Winston Churchillborn in Oxfordshire in 1874 and died in London in 1965was a conservative political leader, Prime Minister of ...