Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional d…
Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin in 1971. After going to law school and being promoted to LL.D., he decided against a juridical profession for a creative occupation in the media. After the trainees…
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).
Greek writer. Described as a 'landmark of post-war literature in Greece, Taktsis (Κώστας Ταχτσής) wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Tο τρίτο στεφάνι) partly in Australia. The book unfolds in the years b…
Ο Αντώνης Σαμαράκης (en: Antonis Samarakis) του Ευριπίδη και της Ανδριανής γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα, όπου σπούδασε νομικά (1937-1941). Από το 1935 ως το 1963 εργάστηκε στο Υπουργείο Εργασίας, θέση από την…
Andreas Karkavitsas (Greek: Ανδρέας Καρκαβίτσας) was a Greek writer. He was born in the town of Lechaina in the modern Ilia Prefecture. He studied medicine and, as an army doctor, travelled across a g…
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…
English:Dido Sotiriou Η Διδώ Σωτηρίου (1909-2004) ήταν μυθιστοριογράφος και δημοσιογράφος. Γεννήθηκε στο Αϊδίνι της Μικράς Ασίας, κόρη του Ευάγγελου Παππά και της Μαριάνθης Παπαδοπούλου. Το 1919 εγκατα…
Alexandros Papadiamantis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης) was an influential Greek novelist and short-story writer. He was born in Greece, on the island of Skiathos, in the western part of the Aegean …
Branimir Šćepanović (Бранимир Шћепановић) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer. He was born in Podgorica, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father was a teacher and a published author. Young Šćepanović sta…
(Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize…
Menelaos Lountemis (Greek: Μενέλαος Λουντέμης) was the pen name one of the most important essayists in the Greek interwar period and post-World War II era. His pen name was inspired by his later homel…
