Sebastià Juan i Arbó neix a Sant Carles de la Ràpita, el Montsià, el 1902, en el si d'una família dedicada a la pagesia, que s'instal·la a Amposta quan ell té vuit anys. Als dotze anys deixa l'escola …
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and nonfiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including hi…
Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, my…
Kent Haruf was born in eastern Colorado. He received his Bachelors of Arts in literature from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the U…
Birgit Vanderbeke was a German writer. Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to West Germany in 1961. She studied Law, Germanic and Romance languages. The English translation …
Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter, and director. He is the son of Louis Carrère d'Encausse and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.
Works, such as the novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), of Algerian-born French writer and philosopher Albert Camus concern the absurdity of the human condition; he won the Nobel …
Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean writer. He is the author of Bonsai, The Private Lives of Trees, Ways of Going Home, My Documents, Multiple Choice, Not to Read, Chilean Poet and Childish Literature. His …
Daphne du Maurier was born on 13 May 1907 at 24 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the middle of three daughters of prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel, née Beaumo…
Manuel Baixauli (Sueca, 1963) és pintor i escriptor. És autor de la novel·la L'home manuscrit, que va acumular els guardons següents: Premi Mallorca de Narrativa, 2006; Premi Salambó de Narrativa en C…
Alice Mary Felicity Winn is an Irish and American novelist and screenwriter, born in France and educated in England. Early life and education Winn was born and raised in Paris, the daughter of Irish a…
Joan-Lluís Lluís (Perpinyà, 29 de juny de 1963) és un escriptor i periodista català, que redacta al diari electrònic VilaWeb i a la revista digital Esguard, així com manté una crònica titulada «A crem…
Joël Dicker was born in 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied law. He spent childhood summers in New England, particularly in Stonington and Bar Harbor, Maine. The Truth About the Harry Queber…
Mercè Saurina Clavaguera (Girona, 12 de setembre de 1966) és una professora de secundària i escriptora catalana resident a Quart. Va ser finalista del Premi de novel·la curta Just Manuel Casero de 2010…
She was born in Chișinău and studied journalism and communications at Moldova State University. She first gained renown for her "True Stories" column which appeared in the Flux newspaper in the mid-19…
Hisashi Kashiwai was born in 1952 and was raised in Kyoto. He graduated from Osaka Dental University. After graduating, he returned to Kyoto and worked as a dentist. He has written extensively about h…
Miquel Martín i Serra (Begur, 1969) és escriptor i llicenciat en filosofia. Ha publicat, entre altres obres, La drecera (Periscopi, 2020), Premi M. Àngels Anglada de narrativa, Premi El Setè Cel i fin…
Marta Orriols Balaguer (Sabadell, 1975), historiadora de l’art de formació, viu i treballa a Barcelona i té dos fills. En el camp de l’escriptura ha estudiat guió cinematogràfic a l’escola de cinema B…
Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a …
Irene Solà is a Spanish writer and an artist. She has exhibited her work at the CCCB in Barcelona and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her first book of poems Bèstia won the 2012 Amadeu Oller Prize …
Pol Guasch (Tarragona, 1997) is a poet and member of the cultural production company La Sullivan. He earned an undergraduate degree in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (University of Barcelo…
Primer fascicle: Un petit poble a les muntanyes. Monges i pregàries matinals. Saltar a goma, pixi i futbol. Amigues eternes. Estratègies fins a la sala de professors. Positius extra. Carrers solitaris…
Sònia Lleonart Dormuà (Mataró, Barcelona, 1971) és llicenciada en Ciències Empresarials i Relacions Públiques per la Queen’s University al Regne Unit i formada en diferents programes de direcció, màrq…
Eva Comas-Arnal (Gavà, 1975) és escriptora, traductora, periodista, filòloga, narradora oral i professora del Departament de Filologia Catalana de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Ha publicat div…
