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| Famed Indian author Gangopadhyay dies, aged 78 Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:41 AM PDT  Sunil Gangopadhyay in 2006. – Copyright Ragib Hasan/Creative Commons The author of more than 200 books, which included novels, poetry and children's fiction, Gangopadhyay won several literary prizes, including India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985. Celebrated novelist Amitav Ghosh, a fellow Bengali, offered a passionate farewell to Gangopadhyay, whom he described as "a great writer and a warm, kind and generous man". Ghosh said Gangopadhyay had been a mainstay of life in Kolkata where he had nurtured a "cosmopolitan literary culture, where no one needed to feel excluded". India's President Pranab Mukherjee hailed him one of the finest intellectuals of his generation who had "enriched Bengali literature through his unique style". – AFP/Relaxnews |
| Biggest readers in US teens or 30-somethings Posted: 22 Oct 2012 09:44 PM PDT  A study shows that 78 per cent of Americans had read at least one book in the previous 12 months. ― Reuters pic Seventy-eight per cent of Americans had read at least one book in the previous 12 months, with the rate 83 per cent among those aged between 16 and 29, according to the survey by the Pew Research Centre's Internet and American Life Project. The survey is part of Pew's effort to assess US reading habits as e-books change the reading landscape and the borrowing services of libraries. The highest percentage of readers by age was 88 per cent, among the 18-24 age group, followed by 86 per cent in the 16-17 range. Readers in the 30-39 group trailed at 84 per cent. The lowest percentage of readers was among people older than 65, at 68 per cent. The survey covered books in print, in electronic formats and audiobooks. Among Americans who read e-books, those under 30 are more likely to read them on a cell phone, at 41 per cent, or on a computer (55 per cent) than on an e-book reader (23 per cent) or tablet (16 per cent). Forty-seven per cent of younger Americans read long-form e-content such as books, magazines or newspapers. But the highest e-book use was among people 30 to 39, at one quarter. The findings were the result of a phone survey of 2,986 people aged 16 and older conducted between November 16 and December 21. The margin of error is 2.2 percentage points. In a separate May survey, 60 per cent of respondents under 30 said they used a library in the past year. "Many of these young readers do not know they can borrow an e-book from a library, and a majority of them express the wish they could do so on pre-loaded e-readers," the Pew report said. The library survey was done online, with 6,573 people answering at least some questions and 4,396 completing the questionnaire. No margin of error was given. ― Reuters |
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