Cormac McCarthy was a highly acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter celebrated for his distinctive literary style, philosophical depth, and exploration of violence, morality, and the human condi…
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such ph…
Henry Charles Bukowski (born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of hi…
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa, more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the Span…
Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker, born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. Her most famous novel, and film of the same name is Baise-moi, a contemporary example of the exploitat…
Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was a…
Augusto José Antonio Roa Bastos was a noted Paraguayan novelist and short story writer, and one of the most important Latin American writers of the 20th century. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco W…
Amélie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japa…
Hijo de Pedro Mardones, panadero, y Violeta Lemebel, nació "literalmente en la orilla del Zanjón de la Aguada" y "vivió en medio del barro" hasta que, a mediados de los años sesenta, "su familia se mu…
For most of his early adulthood, Bolaño was a vagabond, living at one time or another in Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, France and Spain. Bolaño moved to Europe in 1977, and finally made his way to Spain…
Autor de las novelas Una noche con Sabrina Love, por la cual recibió el premio Clarín de Novela en 1998, y El año del desierto. También ha publicado dos libros de…
Mark Fisher (1968 – 2017) was a co-founder of Zero Books and Repeater Books. His blog, k-punk, defined critical writing for a generation. He wrote three books, Capitalist Realism, Ghosts of My Life an…
Jorge Oswaldo Reynoso Díaz nació el 10 de abril de 1931 en Arequipa, Perú. Hijo de Luis Reynoso y Rosa Díaz, ambos tacneños, creció en el barrio de San Lázaro y desarrolló desde niño una pasión por la…
Gabriela Wiener (Lima, 1975) es una escritora peruana, cronista, poeta y periodista, afincada en Barcelona desde el año 2003. Forma parte del grupo de nuevos cronistas latinoamericanos. Casada con el …
Paul B. Preciado has become one of the leading thinkers in the study of gender and sexuality. A professor of Political History of the Body, Gender Theory, and History of Performance at Paris VIII, he …
Mónica Ojeda was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1988. She has published novels, short stories, and poems, earning her nominations and accolades in various literary contests. In 2017, she was listed in…
(Buenos Aires, 1989) Es escritora, directora de teatro y actriz. Dirigió las obras Brick, Mi primer hiroshima, Condición de buenos nadadores, En lo alto para siempre y Recital Olímpico (las dos última…
Luis Carlos nació en Bogotá, Colombia, estudió Artes Plásticas en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, e hizo una maestría en historia del arte islámico en la Universidad Americana del Cairo, Egipto. …
