Growing up in Bad Düben near Leipzig as a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule in the communist East, he received s…
Ingrid Noll, the German queen of crime fiction is one of the most appreciated German female authors. Her writing consists of imagination and the experiences she gathered while living in postwar German…
German politician Angela Merkel, first such woman, served as chancellor in 2005. A Lutheran priest moved to the German Democratic Republic in 1954, fathered her, and headed her family.
Ulrikka S. Gernes was born in 1965 in Sweden to Danish parents. At the age of twenty-two she moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, already a published and highly acclaimed poet. Her first collection, Natsvoer…
Thomas Melle, 1975 geboren, studierte Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft und Philosophie in Tübingen, Austin (Texas) und Berlin. Er ist Autor vielgespielter Theaterstücke und übersetzte u. a. William…
Sigrid Maren Boo was a Norwegian author of popular books. She was born and died in Oslo, but grew up in Larvik 1899-1909. Her works deal with love, tuberculosis, and service. The successful book Vi som…
Dorothee Elmiger is a Swiss writer. She presently lives in Switzerland. Elmiger is considered one of the most promising young Swiss writers, especially after winning the second Ingeborg Bachmann Prize…
Kristine Bilkau, born in 1974, studied History and Literature at Hamburg University and Tulane University, New Orleans. Her debut novel „Die Glücklichen" (The Happy Ones) about an urban family getting…
Marie Grønborg Aubert er født i 1979 og bosatt i Oslo. Kan jeg bli med deg hjem er hennes debutbok. For åpningsnovellen i denne samlingen vant Marie Aubert novellekonkurransen Litteratur på Blå arrang…
Angela Chen is a science journalist, editor, and the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, Electri…
Nelio Biedermann ist am Zürichsee aufgewachsen. Seine Familie stammt väterlicherseits aus ungarischem Adel, seine Großeltern flohen in den 1950er Jahren in die Schweiz. Biedermann studiert Germanistik…
