Cricket and Literature

Kurt Vonnegut: Of Kilgore Trout and Cricket Writing
Arunabha SenguptaApril 12, 2016 5:22 PM IST
Let us turn to Kilgore Trout, Vonnegut’s famed fictional character, the writer of science fiction.
Samuel Beckett: The only Nobel Prize winning author to play First-Class cricket
Arunabha SenguptaApril 11, 2016 3:40 PM IST
Samuel Beckett is the only Nobel Prize-winning author to have played First-class cricket. This article is about a new theory about Beckett’s seminal work 'Waiting
When Garry Sobers lent his name to a science-fiction novel
Arunabha SenguptaApril 8, 2016 1:25 AM IST
In 1967, at the height of his cricketing prowess and fame, Garry Sobers lent his name to a cricket-based science fiction novel Bonaventure and the
Sir Terry Pratchett — a man who understood cricket
CricketCountry StaffMarch 12, 2016 2:20 PM IST
Terry Prachett, the renowned author passed away earlier today aged 67.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's words found their way into cricket world
Arunabha SenguptaMarch 6, 2016 5:05 PM IST
As a young law student, Gabriel Garcia Marquez seriously neglected his studies. However, football was his sport of choice.
Harry Potter casts his spell on cricket at The Oval
Arunabha SenguptaFebruary 19, 2016 7:21 PM IST
The day Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter apparated into The Oval...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A curious cricketer
Arunabha SenguptaFebruary 19, 2016 5:38 PM IST
July 7, marks the 82nd death anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Arunabha Sengupta sketches the many cricketing connections of the man who created Sherlock
Who else but Shakespeare on World Book and Copyright Day?
Arunabha Sengupta, Abhishek MukherjeeFebruary 18, 2016 11:02 PM IST
April 23 is celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day throughout the world.
Khushwant Singh and the cricket connection
Abhishek MukherjeeFebruary 5, 2016 11:51 AM IST
There was more to Khushwant Singh than the fact that he had watched all matches of World Cup 1996.
Virginia Woolf — A pioneer of modernism who graced cricket
Abhishek MukherjeeJanuary 25, 2016 11:53 AM IST
Virginia Woolf, a pioneer of modernism who — among many things — played cricket.
Ted Dexter pens murder mystery ‘Testkill’
Arunabha SenguptaJanuary 20, 2016 12:12 AM IST
'Testkill' was a novel which mixed cricket and a murder mystery together.
Remembering Julius Caesar, the cricketer!
Arunabha SenguptaJanuary 14, 2016 1:48 PM IST
Arunabha Sengupta recalls Julius Caesar, the cricketer.
Stephen King and cricket: Adulation of Giants
Amritorupa KanjilalJanuary 13, 2016 1:08 AM IST
Nottinghamshire vs Surrey was abandoned without a ball bowled, but...
Pataudi's charisma made Archer pen a short story
Arunabha SenguptaJanuary 7, 2016 8:46 PM IST
The Century, from Jeffrey Archer's Quiver Full of Arrows, had a character based on Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Agatha Christie and the cricketing connections
Arunabha SenguptaDecember 20, 2015 10:22 PM IST
Born September 15, 1890, Christie was one of the most popular crime fiction writers of all time