Ian McEwan studied at the University of Sussex, where he received a BA degree in English Literature in 1970 and later received his MA degree in English Literature at the University of East Anglia.
Cormac McCarthy was a highly acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter celebrated for his distinctive literary style, philosophical depth, and exploration of violence, morality, and the human condi…
David Foster Wallace was an acclaimed American writer known for his fiction, nonfiction, and critical essays that explored the complexities of consciousness, irony, and the human condition. Widely reg…
Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer from Prague whose work became one of the foundations of modern literature, even though he published only a small part of his writing during his lifetime. Born …
Carver was born into a poverty-stricken family at the tail-end of the Depression. He married at 19, started a series of menial jobs and his own career of 'full-time drinking as a serious pursuit', a c…
Alasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and…
Kent Haruf was born in eastern Colorado. He received his Bachelors of Arts in literature from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the U…
Jan Potocki was born into the Potocki family, an aristocratic family, that owned vast estates in Poland. He was educated in Geneva and Lausanne, served twice in the Polish Army as a captain of enginee…
Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter, and director. He is the son of Louis Carrère d'Encausse and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.
Elsa Morante began writing short stories which appeared in various publications and periodicals, including periodicals for children, in the 1930s. Her first book was a collection of some of the storie…
Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias…
Francesco Piccolo was born at Caserta, in 1964. His novels and short story collections include “Allegro occidentale”, “E se c'ero dormivo”, “Il tempo imperfetto”, “Storie di primogeniti e figli unici”…
Paolo Di Paolo è nato nel 1983 a Roma; scrittore, giornalista, critico, si è imposto sulla scena letteraria italiana giovanissimo. Laureato in Lettere, ha ottenuto un dottorato di ricerca in Studi di …
Francesco Costa è giornalista e vicedirettore de "Il Post". È nato a Catania e vive a Milano. Collabora con Roma Radio, ha lavorato anche per l’Unità e Internazionale, e ha scritto per IL, il mensile …
Gian Arturo Ferrari (Gallarate, 1944), dopo la laurea in Lettere classiche all’Università di Pavia (dove era alunno del Collegio Ghislieri) ha perseguito per un certo tratto una doppia vita. Da un lat…
Despite being an atheist, and basically an anticlerical, Francesco Trento has been writing documentaries with both Guido Chiesa and Giulietto Chiesa (italian for: church), a combo for which he is freq…
Max Porter’s first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and …
CLAIRE LOMBARDO earned her MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and spent several years doing social work in Chicago.
