Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in …
Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition…
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); …
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский) was a Soviet film director, writer and opera director. Tarkovksy is listed among the 100 most critically acclaimed filmmakers. He a…
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise") was Emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered o…
Daniel Kahneman (Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; born 5 March 1934 - died 27 March 2024), was an Israeli-American psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, no…
Alfredo James Pacino is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Tony-, BAFTA-, Emmy- and SAG award-winning American film and stage actor and director, widely considered to be one of the greatest and most in…
Works, such as the novels The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), of Algerian-born French writer and philosopher Albert Camus concern the absurdity of the human condition; he won the Nobel …
M. Karagatsis (Greek: Μ. Καραγάτσης) is the pen name of the Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitris Rodopoulos. He was born in Athens, lived in Larissa and studied law in France. Th…
Ο Χρόνης Μίσσιος γεννήθηκε στην Καβάλα το 1930, από γονείς καπνεργάτες, και έζησε τα πρώτα παιδικά του χρόνια στα Ποταμούδια, μια γειτονιά γεμάτη πρόσφυγες, καπνεργάτες από τη Θάσο και παράνομους κομμ…
Nasce a Roma e si laurea in Filosofia all'Università degli studi di Milano con Paolo Valore (con una tesi riguardo agli argomenti ontologici a sostegno dell'esistenza di Dio). Lavora come traduttore a…
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…
David Eric Grohl is an American musician. He rose to fame as the drummer for the grunge band Nirvana and sustained a high level of post-Nirvana with the alternative rock band Foo Fighters. He is also …
CHRISTOS IKONOMOU was born in Athens in 1970. He has published three collections of short stories, The Woman on the Rails (2003), Something Will Happen, You'll See (2010), and All Good Things Will Com…
Ο Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος γεννήθηκε το 1983 στη Μαλεσσίνα Λοκρίδος. Έχει εκδώσει μυθιστορήματα, διηγήματα και κόμικ. Το 2014 η συλλογή διηγημάτων Γκιακ βραβεύτηκε από την Ακαδημία Αθηνών-Ίδρυμα Πέτρ…
Ο Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος ήταν Έλληνας συνθέτης, στιχουργός και τραγουδοποιός. Θεωρείται ο πρωτεργάτης της σχολής των Ελλήνων τραγουδοποιών, οι οποίοι γράφουν μουσική, στίχους και τραγουδούν οι ίδιοι τα …
Η Μαρία Διονυσίου, με φιλολογικές, ιστορικές και νομικές σπουδές, αυτοπροσδιορίζεται «πολίτης του κόσμου», ζει εντός και εκτός Ελλάδας, και έχει ασκήσει πέντε διαφορετικά επαγγέλματα.
Ο Σταύρος Παναγιωτίδης γεννήθηκε το 1982 στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Είναι πτυχιούχος Κοινωνιολογίας του Παντείου πανεπιστημίου και έχει κάνει μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Ιστορίας. Είναι διδάκτ…
