About Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore; born Robindronath Thakur, (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), and also known by his sobriquets Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and …
About Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the …
About Ken Liu Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science-fiction and fantasy, as well as a translator, lawyer, and computer programmer. Liu’s short story “The Paper Menagerie” is the first work of fiction, of any length, to win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. In addition, his short story, “Mono no aware” won the 2013 Hugo Award. The first …
About Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He is written many books including some of the well-known ones Psychology of the Unconscious (1912), Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933), and Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1961). Carl Jung Quotes His quotes provide an insight into …
About Cixin Liu Liu Cixin (born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer. Liu’s most famous works include The Three-Body Problem (2007), The Dark Forest (2008), and Death’s End (2010). These three novels form part of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. Supernova Era (2003) was recently translated into English and is available …
Book Description The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel by Richard Flanagan. It takes its title from 17th-century haiku poet Matsuo Bashō‘s famous haibun Oku no Hosomichi, best known in English as The Narrow Road to the Deep North. It won the 2014 Man Booker Prize. Book Summary The book centres upon the experiences of surgeon Dorrigo Evans …
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