World Literature

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refers to any written literary genre that exemplifies the most outstanding characteristics of particular national literatures.

World Literature

It is harder to define and only few regional or national writers can also be classified as belonging to world literature.

World Literature

refers to any written literary genre that were written, printed and published from the start of the new millennium.

21st Century World Literature

has been invented as an online/digital form of journaling topics, events and experiences.

Blogging (Weblog)

is a doctor turned novelist who has produced three best sellers in the past decade: The Kite Runner (2003), A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), and And the Mountains Echoed (2013).

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

He is one of the few millennial authors who still continue to tackle universal themes as his novels are set in war-torn Afghanistan and depict war's impact on families and society.

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) wrote

The Kite Runner (2003) A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) And the Mountains Echoed (2013)

was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his book anthology of more than a hundred Bengali verses, the Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

Rabindranath Tagore (India)

It is incomparable for the beauty of its imagery as a form of devotion to God and in appreciation for the wonders of nature.

Gitanjali (Song Offering)

Rabindranath Tagore (India) was the first Asian to win the

Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913

works for the new millennium are Between Two Fires (2000) and La Malinche (2006).

Laura Esquivel

Farewell to Arms recounts the _ is an anthology of essays on life, love and food

former

_ is a time travel adventure with La Malinche travelling back in time to Hernan Cortez' ancient Mexico.

latter

the _ is a time travel adventure with La Malinche travelling back in time to Hernan Cortez' ancient Mexico.

latter

Laura Esquivel's works for the new millennium are

Between Two Fires (2000) and La Malinche (2006)

was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) and the Nobel Prize (1990) for literary excellence.

Octavio Paz

His poem Piedra del Sol (Sunstone) is cited by critics for its unique surrealist style, while his anthology of essays The Labyrinth of Solitude is noteworthy for its profound and deep analysis of Mexican society.

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the

Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) and the Nobel Prize (1990) for literary excellence.

Octavio Paz poem _ is cited by critics for its unique surrealist style

Piedra del Sol (Sunstone)

Octavio anthology of essays _ is noteworthy for its profound and deep analysis of Mexican society.

The Labyrinth of Solitude

young adult novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane won the Boston Globe and the Parent's Choice Awards. It was catapulted to fame anew after being featured many times in the Koreanovela My Love From Another Star most especially this quote: "If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless."

Kate DeCamillo's (USA) 2006

Kate DeCamillo's (USA) 2006 young adult novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane won the

Boston Globe and the Parent's Choice Awards.

Kate DeCamillo's featured many times in the Koreanovela My Love From Another Star most especially this quote:

"If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless."

was a popular short story writer and novelist who as a war journalist wrote firsthand accounts of both WW1 and WW2.

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway wrote _ recounts the former

Farewell to Arms

Ernest worok that depicts the latter

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Ernest work, The Old Man and the Sea won for him both the

Pulitzer (1953) and the Nobel (1954) awards for literary excellence

was a poet and playwright considered as "the father of the modern English language".

William Shakespeare (England)

He is credited for pioneering the couplet and the E Shakespearean sonnet style.

William Shakespeare (England)

Shakespeare, in his stage play _, popularized these verses: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."

As You Like It

was an aristocrat, pilot, poet and writer whose novella The Little Prince is now a much loved classic extolling the virtues of love, inner beauty and friendship.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

This novella is the source of the famous quote: "One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes."

The Little Prince

was imprisoned for decades during the apartheid (racial segregation by classes).

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa from

1994 to 1999

Nelson Mandela's struggles can be read in his autobiography/memoir _

Long Walk to Freedom.

was a Russian physician, playwright and writer who according to experts is one of the greatest in the short story genre.

Anton Chekhov

Two of his last works were The Cherry Orchard, which tackles social change, and A Marriage Proposal, which explores courtship and marriage both with a touch of humor and comedy that amuses audiences.

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov works were

The Cherry Orchard and A Marriage Proposal

Anton Chekhov work, _, tackles social change

The Cherry Orchard and A Marriage Proposal

explores courtship and marriage both with a touch of humor and comedy that amuses audiences by Mandela

A Marriage Proposal

individual struggles toward success

Cinderella and underdog stories

coping with tragedy

wars, famine, disasters, etc

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