Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist best known for All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), a landmark anti-war novel based on his experiences in World War I. The book became an international bes…
Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York. Many of his books draw heavily on this heritage. After graduating from the City College o…
A master of poetry, drama, and the novel, German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spent 50 years on his two-part dramatic poem Faust, published in 1808 and 1832, also conducted scie…
Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ballet dancer, and actor. He published his first novel, A History of Danish Dreams (1988), to pos…
Delphine de Vigan is an award-winning French novelist. She has published several novels for adults. Her breakthrough work was the book No et moi (No and Me) that was awarded the Prix des Libraires (Th…
Many works, including Siddhartha (1922) and Steppenwolf (1927), of German-born Swiss writer Hermann Hesse concern the struggle of the individual to find wholeness and meaning in life; he won t…
Nora Ikstena (1969-2026) was a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is considered one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborate style and detailed approach to lang…
Linda Nemiera (bij.Dreimane) ir rakstniece, kas visplašāk pārstāv latvijas urbānās fantāzijas žanru. Viņa ir absolvējusi Rīgas Valsts 1. ģimāziju un studējusi Vadības zinības, strādājusi Bruņotajos sp…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to inde…
Joël Dicker was born in 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied law. He spent childhood summers in New England, particularly in Stonington and Bar Harbor, Maine. The Truth About the Harry Queber…
Jurģis Liepnieks studējis sengrieķu un latīņu valodas un filozofiju, lielāko daļu dzīves strādājis kā sabiedrisko attiecību, statēģisko komunikāciju un politikas padomnieks. Bijis vairāku Latvijas min…
Sandra Krūmiņa raksta stāstus kopš bērnības un pilnveidojusi savas prasmes Literārās akadēmijas prozas meistarklasēs. Ieguvusi maģistra grādu tulkošanā, bet paguvusi pastrādāt arī juvelierveikalā, sko…
