Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. Didion's career began in the 1950…
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movi…
Wisława Szymborska (Polish pronunciation: [vʲisˈwava ʂɨmˈbɔrska], born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. I…
George Lakoff is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley and is one of the founders of the field of cognitive science.
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considere…
Carolina Maria de Jesus was born on March 14, 1914 in Sacramento-MG, where she lived in her childhood and adolescence. Her parents probably migrated from Desemboque to Sacramento as a result of changi…
Graciliano Ramos was widely considered one of the most important Brazilian authors of the 20th century. He was a seminal voice in the literary "regionalism" movement. As a child Ramos lived in many cit…
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…
Sandro Veronesi, born in Florence, Tuscany in 1959, is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing caree…
Sérgio Rodrigues (Brazil, 1962), fiction writer, literary critic and journalist, is the author of seven books of various genres: novels, short stories and non-fiction.
Pilar Quintana is a Colombian writer. She was born in Cali and studied at the Javeriana University in Bogota. She is best known for her novels La Perra, which won the IV Award Biblioteca de Narrativa …
valter hugo mãe é o nome artístico do escritor português Valter Hugo Lemos. Além de escritor é editor, artista plástico e cantor. Nasceu em Saurimo, Angola em 1971. Passou a infância em Paços de Ferrei…
She is a journalist and teacher, holding a master’s degree in Brazilian Literature and a Ph.D. in Literary Studies. She writes for children, young adults, and adults. In 2006, she was the only Brazili…
Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages and her work has appeared in publications including the New…
Irene Vallejo Moreu (Zaragoza, 1979) estudió Filología Clásica y obtuvo el doctorado europeo por las universidades de Zaragoza y Florencia. En la actualidad lleva a cabo una intensa labor de divulgaci…
Mariana Salomão Carrara é paulistana, escritora e Defensora Pública, nascida em 1986. Tem publicados um livro de contos (Delicada uma de nós – Off-Flip, 2015), e os romances Idílico (EI, 2007), Fadas …
Carla Madeira nasceu em Belo Horizonte. Largou o curso de matemática e se formou em jornalismo e publicidade. Foi professora de redação publicitária na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e é diretor…
Aos 23 anos, Tamara concluiu sua primeira viagem solo pelo Mar do Norte no pequeno veleiro de 26 pés comprado pelo preço de uma bicicleta, a Sardinha. Em 2021, durante três meses, Tamara cruzou o Ocea…
Natalia Timerman nasceu em 1981 em São Paulo, onde mora. Médica psiquiatra pela Unifesp, psicoterapeuta, mestre em psicologia clínica pela USP, cursa atualmente o núcleo de ficção da pós-graduação em …
Vera Iaconelli é psicanalista especializada em psicologia parental. Graduada pela em Psicologia pela Universidade São Marcos (UNIMARCO), é mestre e doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade de São Paulo…
Paulliny Tort nasceu em Brasília (DF). É jornalista e mestre em Comunicação e Sociedade pela UnB. Erva brava (Fósforo), seu primeiro livro de contos, foi vencedor do prêmio da Associação Paulista de C…
DORA FREIND é escritora, atriz e dramaturga. Bacharel em artes cênicas pela UNIRIO, teve sua trajetória reconhecida e premiada no Brasil e no exterior, com destaque para o Festival de Cinema de Veneza…
