Homer (Greek: Όμηρος born c. 8th century BC) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer …
Vladimir Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Набоков) was a writer defined by a life of forced movement and extraordinary linguistic transformation. Born into a wealthy, liberal aristocratic family in St. Pete…
She is considered by many to be the most important Catalan novelist of the postwar period. Her novel "La plaça del diamant" ('The diamond square', transl…
Escriptor, periodista i dibuixant. Estudià a l'Escola Superior de Belles Arts. Es donà a conèixer a L'Esquella de la Torratxa (1936), revista que dirigí durant la darrera època amb Avel·lí Artís i Gen…
Victor Català was the penname of Caterina Albert i Paradís, a catalan writer who took part in catalan Modernism movement. Her literary skill was first recognized in 1898, when she received the Jocs Fl…
Santiago Rusiñol (Barcelona, 1861 - Aranjuez, 1931) Autor dramàtic, narrador, pintor i col·leccionista. Va iniciar la seva carrera creativa com a pintor, i amb posterioritat es va dedicar a la literat…
Ödön von Horváth was a German-writing, Austro-Hungarian-born, playwright and novelist. Important topics in Horváth's works were popular culture, politics and history. He especially tried to warn of th…
Carles Soldevila i Zubiburu (Barcelona, 1892-1967). Germà de l'historiador Ferran Soldevila, va ser dramaturg, poeta, periodista i novel·lista català. Va endegar una important tasca com a promotor cul…
