Rui Barreira Zink is a professor at New University of Lisbon, where he graduated in Portuguese Studies and obtained the PhD in Portuguese Literature. Reader of Portuguese at the University of Michigan…
Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in the last century. Eliade was an i…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Jon Olav Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart (Red, black). His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and pu…
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).
Mihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic (1947–1948 and 1958). He is the most …
Ion Creangă was a Moldavian-born Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th century Romanian literature, he is best known for his Childhood Memories volume, his novellas and s…
Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is consid…
Ioan Slavici was a Transylvanian-born Romanian writer and journalist. He made his debut in Convorbiri literare ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy Fata de birău ("The Mayor's Daughter")…
IOANA PÂRVULESCU este scriitoare și profesor emerit al Facultății de Litere din București. A scris romane despre București și Brașov, despre povestea biblicului Iona și despre o dragoste din vremurile…
Ndalu de Almeida (born 1977) is a writer from Angola, writing under the pen name Ondjaki. He lives in Luanda, the capital of the country, and has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novel…
Héctor Joaquín Abad Faciolince was born on 1 October 1958 in Medellín, Colombia Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented "post-boom" writers in…
Grigore Popescu-Băjenaru was a Romanian writer. His best known novel is "Cişmigiu et Comp.", that presents his adventures as a student of Gheorghe Lazăr High School, situated near the Cişmigiu Gardens…
Jo Cotterill has had several careers - actor, musician, teacher, newspaper seller - but is now a full-time writer in Oxfordshire. She loves writing for all ages and has published over twenty books. A …
Hugo Gonçalves (1976) é autor de vários romances. Na Companhia das Letras, estão publicados "Filho do pai", "Revolução" (vencedor do Prémio Fernando Namora e semifinalista do Prémio Oceanos), "Deus Pá…
Fernanda Torres was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965. She has enjoyed a successful career in the theatre, cinema, and on television for thirty-five years and has received many awards, including Best Act…
Alex Moldovan s‑a născut la Cluj, unde locuieşte şi acum. E pasionat de literatura pentru copii, de muzică şi e voluntar la o asociaţie pentru protecţia animalelor. În copilărie, a fost atât de încânt…
Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter, and was born in 1994 in Kent, England. She has written four YA contemporary novels about teenage disasters: SOLITAIRE, RADIO SIL…
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…
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…
Luísa Sobral é uma das cantautoras mais importantes no panorama musical português, tendo lançado vários álbuns em nome próprio: The Cherry on My Cake (2011), There’s A Flower In My Bedroom (2013), Lu-…
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…
