Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Ngugi wa Thiong’o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature – a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country – Kenya – from a colonial subject...
Getty Images Mario Vargas Llosa in 1990 Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 works to his name, many of which have been widely translated, Vargas Llosa...
Exeter’s role as a UNESCO City of Literature has inspired a new book written by students from the city’s university. UNESCO Cities of Literature – published on 6 March, World Book Day – was written by University of Exeter MA Publishing students. The collection spotlights the different ways the UNESCO network – which comprises fifty-three...