John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors t…
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886).…
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French ph…
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold milli…
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 …
Erich Fromm, Ph.D. (Sociology, University of Heidelberg, 1922) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German …
Widely regarded as England's most influential living literary critic & theorist, Dr. Terry Eagleton currently serves as Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster and…
Daron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2005 he won the prestigious John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the best econom…
Alasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and…
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1532-1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his ef…
Roman yazarı. İstanbul’da doğdu. Şişli Terakki Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra İstanbul Hukuk Fakültesi’nde okudu. Keşan, Meriç ve Karaisalı’da Kaymakamlık, İstanbul’da Belediye Müfettişliği, Emniyet Şu…
People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).
21 Nisan 1955 tarihinde İstanbul'da dünyaya geldi. Mardinli bir ailenin çocuğudur. Babası avukat İsmail Mungan, annesi Habibe Mungan'dır. İlk, orta ve lise yılları Mardin'de geçti; Mardin Lisesi'nden …
Karel Čapek is one of the the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He wrote with intelligence and humour on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known for their interesting and pre…
Auteur prolifique, Jean-Louis Fournier a toujours su mêler humour, culture et sincérité. Entre un frère polytechnicien et une soeur éducatrice spécialisée, il choisit la voie de l'humour et devient le…
Mehmet Arif Onat Kutlar, also known as Onat Kutlar, was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and one of the founders of the Istanbul International Film Festival. Onat K…
Doğan Cüceloğlu, kırktan fazla bilimsel makalesi yayınlanan bir psikolog ve çeşitli topluluklara bilimsel psikoloji çerçevesinde gelişim seminerleri sunan bir iletişim psikolojisi uzmanıdır. Çok sayıd…
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901 - 24 January 1962) was one of the most important modern novelists and essayists of Turkish literature. He was also a member of the Turkish parliament (the Grand Nati…
İlber Ortaylı (born 21 May 1947), is a leading Turkish historian, professor of history at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. Since 2005 he has been the head of…
William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style.
Mine Söğüt (1968, İstanbul), Türk gazeteci, yazar.
Babası bir deniz subayı olan Mine Söğüt, ortaöğrenimini Kadıköy Kız Lisesi’inde tamamladığı 1985 yılında babasını kaybetti. Aynı yıl İstanbul Üniversi…
Türk jeolog ve profesör. 24 Mart 1955'te İstanbul'da doğdu. 1973 yılında Robert Kolej'i bitirdi. 1978'de State University of New York at Albany'den jeolog olarak mezun oldu ve aynı üniversiteden 1979'd…
