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Bhagavata Purana "Stories of the Lord", based on earlier sources; Lay of Hildebrand and Muspilli (Old High German, c. 870) Kakawin Ramayana, Javanese version of the Ramayana (c. 870) Shahnameh (Persian literature; details Persian legend and history from prehistoric times to the fall of the Sassanid Empire, by Ferdowsi)
Ghost World, graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (1993–1997) The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, novel by Chris Fuhrman (1994) The Zigzag Kid, by David Grossman (1994) Into the Widening World, a collection of 26 short fictional coming-of-age stories by 26 notable authors (published 1995) Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (1997–2007)
Kush Nama, a Persian epic recounting the story of Kush the Tusked and Abtin. Faramarz-nama, a story about the Persian hero Faramarz; The Garshasp-nama of Asadi Tusi, a Persian epic about the hero Garshasp; Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet; Mem and Zin, a Kurdish folk and love epic
This is a list of the most translated literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages into which they have been translated.
In Nikita Gill's 2018 poetry collection "Fierce Fairytales: & Other Stories to Stir Your Soul" she has a poem entitled "Scheherazade the Clever." [15] Robert Shearman's short story collection We All Hear Stories in the Dark is heavily inspired by the Nights – openly so – and has been described as a postmodern take on them.
The Mahabharata, the world's longest epic poem, many of whose stories deal with the lives of Indian mythological characters, most notably Krishna; Nasreddin (1208-1285) is a character in the folklore of the Muslim world from the Balkans to China, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes. [1]
Ancient Indian inter-related collection of animal fables in verse and prose, in a frame story format. Similar stories are found in later works including Aesop's Fables and the Sindbad tales in Arabian Nights. [4] Aesop's Fables: Aesop: c. 600 BC [5] [6] Kathasaritsagara: Somadeva: 11th Century AD
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader, from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction .