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Pen America Spring Literary Gala - NYC

Francine Prose attends the Pen America Spring Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY on May 15, 2025. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hamlet tragedy in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 18, 2024 - Merited Artist of Ukraine Nadiia Levchenko as Erinia and Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator Yurii Andrukhovych, who translated William Shakespeares tragedy, applaud as they attend the Hamlet play directed by Peoples Artist of Ukraine, Shevchenko National Prize laureate Rostyslav Derzhypilskyi and staged by the Ivan Franko Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Drama Theatre during the First Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Hamlet tragedy in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 18, 2024 - Lviv city head Andrii Sadovyi (R) and Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator Yurii Andrukhovych (L), who translated William Shakespeares tragedy, applaud as they attend the Hamlet play directed by Peoples Artist of Ukraine, Shevchenko National Prize laureate Rostyslav Derzhypilskyi and staged by the Ivan Franko Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Drama Theatre during the First Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine.

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Poetic evening of Yurii Izdryk in Ivano-Frankivsk

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 3, 2024 - A copy of the After Prose book by Ukrainian writer and poet Yurii Izdryk is pictured during the Izdryk. The Great Poetic Evening concert at the Iryna Malaniuk Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Philharmonic, Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine. Part of the funds will be donated to Ukraines Armed Forces.

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Culture, driving force in boosting Iran-China ties: experts

STORY: Culture, driving force in boosting Iran-China ties: experts SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference STORYLINE: Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. "In recent years, the expansion of relations between Iran and China has created a golden opportunity for the two countries' peoples to know each other's cultures and civilizational manifestations better and more precisely," said Mohammad-Amir Jalali, president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University. Jalali made the remarks on the sidelines of a conference in Iran's capital Tehran on Monday to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi (1210-1292), which aimed to show the ancient cultural ties between Iran and China based on Saadi's works. Both Iran and China own anci

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad-Amir Jalali (2nd L, Rear), president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, speaks at a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi is held in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad-Amir Jalali (R), president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, speaks at a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad-Amir Jalali (2nd L, Rear), president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, speaks at a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad-Amir Jalali, president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, speaks at a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad-Amir Jalali (2nd L, Rear), president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, speaks at a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CONFERENCE-CULTURE-IRAN-CHINA RELATIONS

(240423) -- TEHRAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend a conference to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi in Tehran, Iran, on April 22, 2024. Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse

STORY: Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): MATS MALM, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy 2. various of press conference 3. various of books of the laureate 4. various of Swedish Academy STORYLINE: Norwegian author Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (English): MATS MALM, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy "The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 is awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres, consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books and translations, the academy said. Fosse was born in 1959 in Haugesund, Norway. "While he is today one of the most widely performed playwrights in th

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Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture

STORY: Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of ethnic Hezhe people dancing around a campfire 2. various of ethnic Hezhe people singing Yimakan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG HAIZHOU, Inheritor of fish-skin handicraft STORYLINE: The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China with a population of over 5,000. Used to live mainly by hunting and fishing in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, they created folk arts and crafts such as Yimakan and fish-skin handicraft. Yimakan, a unique art of storytelling narrated in the Hezhen language, takes both verse and prose forms. Yimakan storytelling consists of many independent episodes depicting the fishing and hunting of the Hezhe people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan "Whether it is 'Yimakan,' or painting, or the song 'Jialin

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Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: MENGZHOU/CHAOZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NIU JIN'GANG, Deputy director of Han Yu Research Institute in Mengzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG YONGZHAO, Member, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG ZHIMIN, Deputy director of Han Yu Memorial Hall in Chaozhou 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZENG CHU'NAN, Counselor, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHEN SIJIE, Head of Mengzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: Han Yu was a Chinese literary master during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was a strong proponent of the Classical Prose Movement, which advocated clarity and precision rather than the richly ornamented literary style. Han's story was shared by Chinese President Xi Jinping when addressing artists at a

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STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK MARK HAMILL as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader acted by Dave Prose and voiced by James Earl Jones STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Date: 1980