On Paulo Coelho and The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho. Image by Gustavo Rezende from Pixabay Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho has managed to achieve something that very few writers in history have managed to achieve. He managed to write a novel that...
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Vasco da Gama Biography – Portuguese Explorer, Navigator, Age of Discovery, Life, Legacy
Vasco da Gama. National Museum of Ancient Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vasco da Gama Biography and Legacy Although I am not sure about the rest of the world, most Indians have certainly...
Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird – Biography, American Literature, Classic Novel, Fiction
Harper Lee. Photo credited to Truman Capote., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird It is quite difficult to write a novel. It is a bit more difficult to...
Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness – Biography, English Literature, Classic Novella, Fiction
Joseph Conrad on the cover of TIME Magazine (1923). TIME Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness Literature enthusiasts have no doubt heard the name, Joseph Conrad, and if...
Amerigo Vespucci Biography – Italian Explorer, Navigator, Age of Discovery, America, Life, Legacy
Amerigo Vespucci. Image by WikimediaImages from Pixabay Amerigo Vespucci Biography and Legacy Every child across the world grew up learning about the great Christopher Columbus, the renowned Italian explorer who discovered the Americas in...
E.B. White Biography – American Writer, Novelist, Children’s Literature, Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, Legacy
E.B. White. Cornell University senior photograph. Uploaded by w:user:cornell2010., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons E.B. White Biography and Legacy There is hardly anyone out there who has not heard of Stuart Little or Charlotte’s...
Diego Rivera Biography – Mexican Artist, Mexican Muralism, Chicano Art Movement, Legacy
Portrait of Diego Rivera by Amedeo Modigliani. Amedeo Modigliani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Diego Rivera Biography and Legacy Diego Rivera was an influential Mexican artist and a pioneer of the mural movement in...
Code of Hammurabi – Babylonian Legal Text, Ancient Artifact, Ancient History, Historical Artifact, Ancient Babylon
The Louvre Stele in Louvre Museum, Paris. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Code of Hammurabi Many have probably heard about the Code of Hammurabi in either their history or law...
Marcel Proust and In Search of Lost Time – Biography, French Literature, Classic Novel, Fiction
Marcel Proust. Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Marcel Proust and In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust was a French novelist, essayist, and critic who is widely regarded by writers and critics as one...
William Faulkner Biography – American Writer, Novelist, Southern Gothic Literature, Nobel Laureate, Legacy
William Faulkner. Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons William Faulkner Biography and Legacy William Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel laureate, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers...