William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's…
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, rea…
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about…
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential and emotionally powerful authors of the 20th century. Born in Boston, Massachusetts,…
Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne's two novels, written in a sharp and ironic style, are completely different from the romanticism f…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Maggie Nelson is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, many of which have become cult classics defying categorization. Her nonfiction titles include the National Book Critics Circle Award winn…
Hélène Cixous is a Jewish-French, Algerian-born feminist well-known as one of the founders of poststructuralist feminist theory along with Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. She is now a professor of E…
Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist, the eldest out of the three famous Brontë sisters whose novels have become standards of English literature. See also Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë.
Η Ειρήνη Μαργαρίτη γεννήθηκε το 1979, μεγάλωσε στην Αντίκυρα Βοιωτίας και ζει στην Αθήνα. Σπούδασε θέατρο και εργάζεται ως ηθοποιός και σκηνοθέτης. Η ποιητική συλλογή της Φλαμίνγκο (εκδόσεις Μελάνι, 2…
Ε. Χ. Γονατάς (1924-2006). Ο Επαμεινώνδας Γονατάς γεννήθηκε και έζησε στην Αθήνα. Η καταγωγή του ήταν από το Αϊβαλί. Σπούδασε στη Νομική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και άσκησε τη δικηγορία. Στη λογ…
T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen-name of Ursula Vernon. In another life, she writes children's books and weird comics, and has won the Hugo, Sequoyah, and Ursa Major awards, as well as a half-d…
Rebecca Romney is a rare book dealer and the cofounder of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book company based in Washington, DC. She is the rare books specialist on the HISTORY Channel’s show Pawn Stars, and…
Ο Νικήτας Σινιόσογλου γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα. Σπούδασε Φιλοσοφία στα Πανεπιστήμια Αθηνών, Μονάχου και Κέμπριτζ (PhD). Διετέλεσε British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Κέμπριτζ (2008-20…
