Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the…
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considere…
Juan Rulfo nació el 16 de mayo de 1917 Él sostuvo que esto ocurrió en la casa familiar de Apulco, Jalisco, aunque fue registrado en la ciudad de Sayula, donde se conserva su acta de na…
Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and …
Mario Benedetti (full name: Mario Orlando Hamlet Hardy Brenno Benedetti Farugia) was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty lan…
From Wikipedia: José Manuel Donoso Yáñez (5 October 1924 – 7 December 1996), known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent…
1947 —Born in Barcelona, July 26th. 1955 —Serious accident. First literary incursions. 1959 —First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer. 1964 —Graduates from high school. Attends t…
Philippe Claudel is a French writer and film director. His most famous work to date is the novel " Les Âmes Grises " - " Grey Souls ", which won the prix Renaudot award in France, was shortlisted for t…
Antonio Santa Ana nació en 1963 en Buenos Aires, donde vive actualmente con sus dos hijos. Trabaja desde hace diez años con el Grupo Editorial Norma en Argentina, donde se ocupa de la edición y circul…
Nació en Buenos Aires el 8 de enero de 1896, hijo de Manuel Rojas Córdoba y Dorotea Sepúlveda, ambos chilenos. A pesar de pasar un par de años en Chile, su madre ya viuda volvió a Argentina en 1903. M…
Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (born in Buenos Aires in 1941), who normally goes by just his surname, Fogwill, was an Argentine sociologist, short story writer, and novelist.
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 …
Santiago Posteguillo is senior lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. He is also president of the European Association of Languages for Specific Pur…
Dan Wells is a thriller and science fiction writer. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is he author of the Partials series (Partials, Isolation, Fragments, and Ruins), the …
María José Ferrada is the author of Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War. She is a recipient of the Municipal Prize of Literature of Santiago, as well as the Academy Award from the Chil…
Escritor y narrador oral, cofundador de la Compañía La Matrioska. Es autor de "El año en que hablamos con el mar", "La muerte viene estilando", "Taguada" y "Tony Ninguno" y del ensayo "Por qué contar …
Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011) fue un destacado escritor, ensayista y físico argentino. Nacido en Rojas, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, estudió física en la Universidad Nacional de La Plata y posteriorm…