  Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina tops 19th Century Masterpieces listFebruary 9, 2012 - 20:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita have been named the greatest works of world literature to appear in the last 200 years. ¬Over a hundred American and British novelists, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates among them, faced the challenge of putting together their list of the cream of the crop of literary masterpieces. According to Literary News online source, the group of wordsmiths had to choose from over 500 titles, ranging from collections of short stories to plays and poetry. Anna Karenina was named a winner in Top Ten 19th Century Masterpieces category, followed by her next century “successor” Lolita, RT reported.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
