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Kala Keerthi Monica Ruwanpathirana (Sinhala: මොනිකා රුවන්පතිරණ) (1946 – 2004) was a Sri Lankan poet and writer. She is considered one of the most acclaimed poets in modern Sinhala poetry. [2] She has written 23 books, including nineteen poetry and three of them won the State Literary Award. [3]
The Reivers: A Reminiscence, published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. It was published a month before his death. The bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Faulkner previously won this award for his book A Fable, making him one of only four authors to be awarded it more than ...
Kannaki – the heroine and central character of the epic; she is the simple, quiet, patient and faithful housewife fully dedicated to her unfaithful husband in book 1; who transforms into a passionate, heroic, rage-driven revenge seeker of injustice in book 2; then becomes a goddess that inspires Chera people to build her temple, invade, fight ...
Mayilvagana Pulavar, wrote the book Yazhppana Vaipava Malai in 1736, containing facts of the early Thamizh city of Yazhppanam. [1] The period of joint missionary activities by the Anglican , American Ceylon and Methodist Missions saw the spread of modern education and the expansion of translation activities which concluded by the close of the ...
The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the U.K.) [3] is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell, based on the 1962 William Faulkner novel The Reivers, a Reminiscence. [4]
A writer learning the craft of poetry might use the tools of poetry analysis to expand and strengthen their own mastery. [4] A reader might use the tools and techniques of poetry analysis in order to discern all that the work has to offer, and thereby gain a fuller, more rewarding appreciation of the poem. [5]
The stage play about the comedian's life and career is having its world premiere at Costa Mesa's South Coast Repertory through Nov. 24.
The poem is the earliest example of an "instructional poem" or śāstra-kāvya. That is, not a treatise written in verse but an imaginative piece of literature which is also intended to be instructive in specific subjects. To modern tastes, however, this can create an unpardonable artificiality in the composition.