Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer from Prague whose work became one of the foundations of modern literature, even though he published only a small part of his writing during his lifetime. Born …
Timothy "Tim" William Burton is a prolific American film director/writer, best known for the dark imagery and quirky nature of his popular films. He is also the author and illustrator of the poetry co…
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…
Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan. He graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree. He currently works as a technical writer in th…
Marin Preda was one of the best-known post-World War II Romanian writers. He was born in the Teleorman county, at Silistea-Gumesti, in the family of Tudor Calarasu. He finished the first 7 classes in t…
Cella Serghi (n. 4 noiembrie S.V. 22 octombrie 1907, Constanța, d. 19 septembrie 1992, București) a fost o scriitoare, publicistă și traducătoare română, una dintre cele mai importante prozatoare româ…
Ana Blandiana, pe numele ei civil Otilia Valeria Coman, (n. 25 martie 1942, Timișoara) este o scriitoare și luptătoare pentru libertate civică în România. Înainte de revoluția din 1989, faimoasă disid…
Irvin David Yalom, M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and accomplished psychotherapist.
Many works, including Siddhartha (1922) and Steppenwolf (1927), of German-born Swiss writer Hermann Hesse concern the struggle of the individual to find wholeness and meaning in life; he won t…
Drew Magary is a correspondent for GQ Magazine, a columnist for Deadspin, and a Chopped Champion. He’s also the author of four books: The Hike, The Postmortal, Someone Could Get Hurt, and Men With Bal…
Narine Yuryevna Abgaryan (Наринэ Абгарян) is a Russian writer of Armenian origin, a blogger. Graduated from Yerevan State Linguistic University V. Ya. Bryusova, sin…
IULIAN TĂNASE a absolvit Academia de Studii Economice Bucureşti, în 1999, şi Facultatea de Filosofie, Universitatea Bucureşti, în 2010. A fost redactor la Academia Caţavencu (1997–2010) şi realizator …
Lavinia Braniște s-a născut la Brăila în 1983. A studiat limbi străine la universitățile din Cluj și București. A debutat în literatură în 2006 cu volumul de poezii „Povești cu mine” (Paralela 45), du…
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which ar…
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…
Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University, before going on to work as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. He has written a number of books and essays, TV progr…
Guzel Yakhina is a Russian author and screenwriter. She is a winner of the Big Book literary prize and the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award. Guzel Shamilevna Yakhina was born in Kazan. Her mother is a do…
Tatiana Niculescu este o scriitoare română, fost producător de programe și prezentator la radio BBC World Service Londra și redactor-șef al secției BBC WS în limba română, autoare de biografii interbe…
Alexandra Furnea este redactor de carte, jurnalist și activist social. A absolvit Facultatea de Litere din cadrul Universității „Petru Maior“ din Târgu Mureș și are un masterat în studii americane la …
Răzvan Omotă (n. 1995, Rășinari, Sibiu) este actor, performer, autor de texte de teatru și poet. Este preocupat de subiecte și proiecte culturale relevante atât pentru societatea actuală, cât și pentr…
