Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature whose life and literary work is closely linked to his hometown Gdańsk. He holds a post of Literature Professor at the University of Gdańsk…
Sophocles (497/496 BC-406/405 BC), (Greek: Σοφοκλής; German: Sophokles, Russian: Софокл, French: Sophocle) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one …
BRET EASTON ELLIS is the author of Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers, Glamorama, Lunar Park, and Imperial Bedrooms. His works have been translated into twenty-sev…
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…
Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子) was born in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, graduated from Waseda University, and lives in Ashiya. Since 1988, she has published more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction. Her n…
Andrzej Stasiuk is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed contemporary Polish writers, journalists and literary critics. He is best known for his travel literature and essays that de…
Aleksander Fredro was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works, including plays written in octosyllabic verse…
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. She was awarded the 2018 No…
Andrus Kivirähk is an Estonian journalist, playwright and novelist. His writing style can be called self-mocking and sarcastic with dark humour. His best known work "Rehepapp ehk November", a.k.a. "Re…
Juan Gómez-Jurado (Madrid, 1977), journalist by training, is considered one of the best thriller writers in Europe. His novels have been translated into forty-seven languages and he has received numer…
Polski rysownik i scenarzysta komiksowy. Magister sztuki po kierunku projektowanie graficzne, pracuje jako bibliotekarz. Tworzy komiksy, robi muzykę, był jednym z prowadzących podcastu Schwing! Mieszk…
Przez większość czasu udaje, że robi coś konstruktywnego, czyli niewiele z niej pożytku. Przebrzydła polonistka, beznadziejnie zakochana w romantyzmie i twórczości Juliusza Słowackiego, który wielkim p…
Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Story Prize, the LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First F…
Petra Dvořáková je spisovatelka a scenáristka. Vystudovala střední zdravotnickou školu a absolvovala obor filozofie na FF MU. Do povědomí veřejnosti vstoupila svým debutem, knihou rozhovorů o víře Pro…
Amanda Foody is the New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of All of Us Villains (with C.L. Herman), the Wilderlore series, the Shadow Game series, and more. Her work has appeared in …
Urodzona w Małopolsce. W dzieciństwie jeździła na wakacje do Rabki i Krynicy Zdroju. Skończyła studia, ale nie pamięta co i kiedy, za to na pamięć zna całą Granicę Nałkowskiej i książkę o ziołach doni…
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Priz…