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Chandranath Mishra Amar is a very popular Maithili writer and also a poet. He is from Madhubani, Bihar in India. Chandranath also writes in Hindi and his poems have been very popular. He also won the Sahitya Akademi award for his contribution to Maithili literature in 1982. Chandranath Mishra also contributed to Maithili cinema immensely…
Hamid Baig is an Indian novelist who has emerged to the scene of Indian English writing after publication and success of his debut novel Little Maryam. Though he is also one of those entrepreneur trying their hands at writing fiction, he is not anything like the lot. His very debut novel has shown the signs…
Generally considered as one of the greatest novelists of England till the date, Charles Dickens was actively producing novels during the period of 1820-50. His novels mostly have pathos and emotions, the reality in its rawest form and an urge to break free of the conventional mindset. Born in 1812 to a lower class family,…
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David Lodge was born on 28 January 1935 in Brockley in southeast London and moved to the United States in 1964. He took a Bachelor Degree in Arts from the University of London and served in Royal Armoured Corps as a military man for two years then returned to London University and obtained an MA…
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Patrick White was born on 28 May 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, returned to Sydney, Australia when he was only six months old. On the suggestion of a headmaster, he was sent once again to England at Cheltenham College, it was felt as prison due to a limited circle of acquaintances in new surroundings. Occasionally, he…