Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts …
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890…
Maria Luisa Bombal was one of the first Spanish American novelists to break away from the realist tradition in fiction and to write in a highly individual and personal style, stressing irrational and …
Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu Garmendia, Asteasu, Guipúzcoa, 1951) belongs to the young group of Basque writers that began publishing in his mother language, Euskara, in the Seventies. Graduated in Ec…
From Wikipedia: José Manuel Donoso Yáñez (5 October 1924 – 7 December 1996), known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent…
At the age of 12 Lindo moved to Madrid, where she studied journalism. She did not get her degree, as she began to work in television and radio as a spea…
1947 —Born in Barcelona, July 26th. 1955 —Serious accident. First literary incursions. 1959 —First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer. 1964 —Graduates from high school. Attends t…
Antonio Santa Ana nació en 1963 en Buenos Aires, donde vive actualmente con sus dos hijos. Trabaja desde hace diez años con el Grupo Editorial Norma en Argentina, donde se ocupa de la edición y circul…
Jeff Kinney is an author of children's books including Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. Jeff was born in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip called "Igdoof."He also created…
Hubert Monteilhet, né le 10 juillet 1928 à Paris, est un écrivain français. Il s'impose d'abord comme auteur de romans policiers (Les Mantes religieuses), puis comme auteur de romans historiques (Les …
Norma Huidobro es una escritora argentina. Sus estudios primarios y secundarios los realizó en el Instituto Cristo Rey, luego estudió Letras en la Facultad de Filosofía, desarrolló su carrera en escue…
Idea Vilariño (Montevideo, 1920-2009) fue una poeta, ensayista y crítica literaria uruguaya perteneciente al grupo de escritores denominado Generación del 45. Dentro de sus facetas menos conocidas se …
Kate Beaton was born in Nova Scotia, took a history degree in New Brunswick, paid it off in Alberta, worked in a museum in British Columbia, then came to Ontario for a while to draw pictures, then Hal…
German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he coll…
Alexandre Dumas (fils) (son) was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794-1868), a dressmaker, and novelist Alexandre Dumas. During 1831 his father legally re…
The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics…
Realizó sus estudios en el Colegio San Juan Bautista de la Salle. En 1920 comienza a trabajar en la revista Zig Zag donde llega a ser Secretario de redacción y jefe del departamento editorial. En 1928…