Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, "What fools these mortals be" as they stroll past a statue of the legendary queen of Troy and notice William Shakespeare's name seemingly misspelled at its base. To USC officials, it's much ado about ...
A 38-year-old first-time writer is the winner of the 157th Akutagawa Prize for his story "Eiri," the awards selection committee announced Wednesday. "It's a great honor, I've only written one work so far. I'll keep up the good work," said Shinsuke Numata during a news ...
Burton Watson, the foremost translator of Chinese classics and poetry into English, chose to live much of his long life in Japan.
Tanka are one of the oldest forms of poetry in the world with a 1,300-year history.
Novelist Lionel Shriver imagines America slouching into dystopia merely by continuing current practices.
Shumon Miura, renowned novelist who also led the Cultural Affairs Agency, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Friday, his family said Saturday. He was 91. Miura was known as one of the so-called Third Generation of postwar writers including Shusaku Endo and Junnosuke ...
The 156th Akutagawa Prize was awarded to 50-year-old author Sumito Yamashita for his book "Shinsekai (New World)," which explores his teenage experiences, the selection committee of the prestigious literary award announced Thursday. "It's delightful," said Yamashita during a news conference held at a Tokyo hotel ...
With his Sherlock Holmes-style penchant for using multiple disguises to help crack his cases, Giuseppe Dosi was no ordinary policeman. And nearly 36 years after his death, Italians are still discovering the secrets of the "artist detective." Dosi, who was born in 1891, abandoned his dreams ...
An unreleased recording of late novelist Yukio Mishima has been found in which he discusses death and the Constitution just nine months before his sensational suicide, it was learned Thursday. The roughly 80-minute recording of Mishima's conversation with British translator John Bester in Japanese is ...
Haruki Murakami's new book has a title, though its content remains a mystery. "Kishidancho Goroshi," or "Killing Commendatore," will hit Japanese bookstores Feb. 24, the book's publisher, Shinchosha Publishing Co., said Tuesday. Overseas availability isn't yet known. Shinchosha said the book will have two parts, subtitled ...
Haruki Murakami's new novel is being released in Japan in February, and that's about as much as his fans are being told. Publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. made the announcement Wednesday. The book's title, theme and exact date of release remain a mystery. The publisher showed two ...
Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature, called the nuclear catastrophes at Chernobyl and Fukushima events that people cannot yet fully fathom and warned against the hubris that humans have the power to conquer nature. The 68-year-old Belarusian writer was in Tokyo ...
