Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in …
Kent Haruf was born in eastern Colorado. He received his Bachelors of Arts in literature from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the U…
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Am…
She is considered by many to be the most important Catalan novelist of the postwar period. Her novel "La plaça del diamant" ('The diamond square', transl…
Born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain, June 5 1898; died near Granada, August 19 1936, García Lorca is one of Spain's most deeply appreciated and highly revered poets and dramatists. His murder by t…
David Cirici i Alomar (Barcelona, 11 de febrer de 1954) és un escriptor català. Llicenciat en filologia catalana, és membre del PEN català i de l'AELC. Ha estat professor de llengua i literatura catal…
Né au Liban le 16 octobre 1968, Wajdi Mouawad est contraint d’abandonner sa terre natale à l’âge de huit ans, pour cause de guerre civile. Débute une période d’exil qui le conduit d’abord avec sa fami…
David Safier is a German writer and novelist. He wrote the television series Berlin, Berlin for which he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Award in 2003. Berlin, Berlin also won an International Emmy Award…
Joan Puig i Ferreter va néixer a La Selva del Camp el 5 de febrer de l'any 1882. Fill il·legítim d'un ric terratinent, va passar la infantesa i l'adolescència a Reus amb la seva mare a casa d'uns oncl…
Delphine de Vigan is an award-winning French novelist. She has published several novels for adults. Her breakthrough work was the book No et moi (No and Me) that was awarded the Prix des Libraires (Th…
Paco Roca estudió en la Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño de Valencia. Aunque su trabajo se centra en los cómics, compagina su tiempo con la ilustración y las charlas y talleres.
Àngel Guimerà i Jorge (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 6 de maig de 1845 - Barcelona, 18 de juliol de 1924) fou dramaturg, polític i poeta en llengua catalana. La seva extensa obra, notable per unir a una apa…
Edmund John Millington Synge (pronounced /sɪŋ/) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play…
Xavier Bosch i Sancho (Barcelona, 21 de juliol de 1967) és un periodista i escriptor català. Llicenciat en Ciències de la Informació per la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ha desenvolupat l'activit…
Nascut a Barcelona el 1979, Martí Sales és escriptor i traductor. Llicenciat en Literatura Comparada per la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Sales va ser veu i guitarra d’Els Surfing Sirles i …
Audrey Magee worked for twelve years as a journalist and has written for, among others, The Times, The Irish Times, the Observer and Guardian. She studied German and French at University College Dubli…
Ramon Gener Sala (Barcelona, 1967) és un músic, humanista i escriptor. Llicenciat en Humanitats i Ciències Empresarials, es va formar en piano i cant. Després d'alguns anys de treball com a baríton va…
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…
Miquel Martín i Serra (Begur, 1969) és escriptor i llicenciat en filosofia. Ha publicat, entre altres obres, La drecera (Periscopi, 2020), Premi M. Àngels Anglada de narrativa, Premi El Setè Cel i fin…
Xavier Pla i Barbero (Girona, 1966) és un filòleg català. És llicenciat en filologia catalana i francesa, i doctor en Lletres per la Universitat de París-Sorbona (París IV) el 1996. És professor de Lit…
