Such was Updike’s influence that readers paid heed when, in the mid-1980s, he developed a sustained literary man-crush on the ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The shortlist of the International Booker Prize 2025 was announced ...

The erstwhile Marxist-turned-free-marketeer wrote historical novels, semi-autobiographical comedies, murder mysteries, ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for ...

Llosa was a prolific author and essayist with several celebrated novels including “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los ...

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who wrote more than 30 novels including "The Time of the Hero," was one of Latin ...

But Magsaysay died in a 1957 plane crash in Cebu, and was replaced by his vice president from Talibon, Bohol, Carlos P. Garcia. Garcia won his own term but his second attempt was defeated in 1961 ...

TAGBILARAN CITY — At least 1,000 members of the Muslim community celebrated Eid’l Fitr on Monday at the President Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex in this city. Wearing their best robes and ...

In 1961, then-president Carlos P. Garcia proclaimed every ninth day of April as Bataan Day — a national holiday — to commemorate the Fall of Bataan by virtue of Republic Act (RA) 3022. In June 1987, ...

The Boston Red Sox are calling up one of their top pitching prospects for Sunday's doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals.