The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire is among most the influential educational thinkers of the late 20th century. Born in Recife, Brazil, on September 19, 1921, Freire died of heart failure in Sao Paul…
Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently …
Rick Rubin is an American record executive and record producer. He is the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.
Riikka Pulkkinen was born in 1980 and spent her youth in Oulu, a town on Finland’s northwest coast, with her father (a lawyer), mother (a doctor), and two sisters. During that time, she was also a ver…
Juha Itkonen (s. 1975 Hämeenlinnassa) kuuluu nuoren kirjailijapolven kärkinimiin. Itkonen asuu Helsingissä, Arabianrannassa vaimonsa Maija Itkosen ja kahden lapsensa kanssa. Maija Itkonen (s. 1977) ty…
Juho Saari (s. 1967 Kalajoki) on suomalainen sosiologi. Hän on väitellyt sosiaalipolitiikasta Turun yliopistossa vuonna 1996, toiminut hyvinvointisosiologian professorina Itä-Suomen yliopiston Kuopion…
Saara Turunen on helsinkiläinen kirjailija ja teatterintekijä. Hänen työlleen on ominaista sukupuolen, normien ja taiteen teemojen tarkastelu. Turunen tunnetaan paitsi romaaneistaan Hyeenan päivät, Jä…
Olga Sofia Ravn is a Danish poet and novelist. Initially she published poetry which was acclaimed by the critics, as was her first novel Celestine. She is also a translator and has worked as a literar…
Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde was born in Iran in 1983 and fled with her parents to Sweden as a young child. She graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics and was named one of 50 Goldman Sachs Globa…
M. W. Craven was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle, running away to join the army at the tender age of sixteen. He spent the next ten years travelling the world having fun, leaving in 1995 to …
Anna Karhunen on helsinkiläinen konseptisuunnittelija ja toimittaja, joka tekee suosittua Kaverin puolesta kyselen -podcastia yhdessä Tiia Rantasen kanssa.
Iida Turpeinen is a Helsinki-based literary scholar currently writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. As an author, she is intrigued by the literary potentia…
