Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of t…
Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor whose literary work has had a profound impact on how the world understands the Holocaust and its aftermath. Born in Turin in 19…
Fernando Aramburu Irigoyen nació el 4 de enero de 1959 en San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España. Es licenciado en filología hispánica por la Universidad de Zaragoza y desde 1985 reside en Alemania. Fue mie…
David Benioff worked as a nightclub bouncer in San Francisco, a radio DJ in Wyoming and an English teacher/wrestling coach in Brooklyn before selling his first novel, The 25th Hour, in 2000.
Si laurea in lettere nel 1981 con una tesi in storia medievale all'Università di Torino. Successivamente perfeziona i suoi studi alla Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa e nel 1984 vince il concorso per …
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…
Journalist and author who worked as editorial director for Noi Donne magazine, then for Il Manifesto and in the editorial team of L'Unita and Rinascita. She was an anchor to a show on La7 television c…
Donatella was born and grew up in Arsita, a small village in the province of Teramo, and now lives in Penne where she practises as a paediatric dentist. From the age of nine she has been writing stori…
susan abulhawa was born to refugees of the 1967 war when Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She currently lives in Pennsylvani…
Michele Masneri è bresciano e vive prevalentemente sull’alta velocità tra Roma e Milano. Scrive schizofrenicamente di cultura, società e architettura. Come molti italiani ha scritto un romanzo, si int…
Felicia Kingsley is a bestselling author whose romantic comedies have sold more than four million copies. Her novels include Two Hearts for Rent and No Place to Be Single, which has been adapted into …
Laureata in Lingue e Letterature Europee e Americane, fino a dieci anni fa ha lavorato in un’azienda leader nel ramo delle spedizioni internazionali. Nel 2013 ha deciso di abbandonare il lavoro d’uffi…
