Literature – Page 10 – People's World

José Saramago, Nobel author, Communist, mourned in Portugal

June 21, 2010 By Dennis Laumann

An estimated 20,000 mourners, including Portugal's Socialist prime minister and the leader of the Portuguese Communist Party, attended Saramago's funeral in Lisbon on Monday.

Nikki Giovanni: rap poetry is part of world literature

June 1, 2010 By Irving C. Jones

PHILADELPHIA -- Nikki Giovanni, world renowned poet, spoke here in Philadelphia, May 28, as par of Art Sanctuary's 26th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival.

Mexican literature at the crossroads of three cultures

April 5, 2009 By Alain Nicolas

Mexican literature, guest of honour at the 2009 Paris Book Fair, feeds on indigenous, Latin American, and international influences, presenting a literary production that could make one appreciate globalisation.