Literati roundup: Orhan Pamuk looks at sources of inspiration for “The Museum of Innocence”

A look at the sources of inspiration behind “The Museum of Innocence” open Democracy News Analysis – by Orhan Pamuk In a famous article in the “Paris Review”, Hemingway made a list of the literary figures who had influenced him. When I decided to become an author, I was determined to make the same list.   ************** … Read more

Today’s censorship report: Youtube blocked… TorProject website blocked…

Turkey blocks access to YouTube after leak recordings of key security meeting Hurriyet Daily News Less than a week after a notorious ban on Twitter went into effect, the Turkish government blocked access to YouTube YouTube access blocked in Turkey BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey blocks access to YouTube, a day after a court … Read more

A literati roundup: Japan’s Murakami favourite for Nobel prize…

Japan’s Murakami favourite for Nobel prize Japanese literary superstar Haruki Murakami is favourite for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, betting odds showed Medical terminology named after Nazis Surprisingly, there are a good half-dozen medical eponyms that come from Nazi doctors who performed experiments on unwilling human subjects or used bodies of executed prisoners in … Read more