21st centure 4th quarter

• Asia, the largest continent in the world, has a vast literary tradition in terms of scope and length of existence
• Regions of Asia


  • East Asia
  • Middle East
  • South and Southeast Asia
• Li Po


  Competitor of Du Fu as China's greatest poet, wrote "Alone and Drinking under the Moon"
• Yu Hua


  Champion of Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing, wrote "To Live"
• Korea's literary tradition


  • Greatly influenced by China, developed distinct writing system Hangul in 15th century
• Pak Kyongni


  Poet and novelist, wrote the Korean masterpiece "T'oji"
• Japan's literary history


  • Influenced by Chinese language and literature, has poetic genre haiku and theatre forms Noh and Kabuki
• Haruki Murakami


  Novelist, won Jerusalem Prize, wrote "Hear the Wind Sing"
• Contemporary Arabic writers face difficulties due to issues of freedom of expression and tension between religious and secular movements
• Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad

  Egyptian poet, journalist, and literary critic, known for his "Abqariyat" series
• Taha Hussein


  Egyptian novelist, essayist, and critic, wrote the autobiographical novel "The Days"
• Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (Premchand)


  A famous Indian author of novels and short stories of his modern Hindustani literature, who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles
• Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (Premchand) wrote the most popular Hindi novel "Godaan" (Cow Donation) and considered one of the greatest Hindi novels of modern Indian literature
• Godaan (Cow Donation)


  A novel with the theme of socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor
• Raja Rao


  One of the finest Indian authors in the English language, who wrote the Sahitya Award-winning novel "The Guide"