James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and a pivotal figure in 20th-century modernist literature, renowned for his highly experimental approach to language and narrative structure, particularly his …
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, birth name Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo, is a popular Mexican writer and novelist. He is the son of the late journalist Paco Ignacio Taibo I.
Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin in 1971. After going to law school and being promoted to LL.D., he decided against a juridical profession for a creative occupation in the media. After the trainees…
Didier Daeninckx nació en 1949 en Saint-Denis. Tras trabajar como periodista en varias publicaciones locales y provinciales, en 1983 publicó «Meurtres pour mémoire», primera investigación del inspecto…
Claudia Piñeiro is an Argentine novelist and screenwriter, best known for her crime and mystery novels, most of which became best sellers in Argentina. She was born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires province.
Né au Liban le 16 octobre 1968, Wajdi Mouawad est contraint d’abandonner sa terre natale à l’âge de huit ans, pour cause de guerre civile. Débute une période d’exil qui le conduit d’abord avec sa fami…
Thomas Schlesser is the director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes, France. He teaches Art History at the École Polytechnique in Paris and is the author of several works of nonfiction about…
De procedencia humilde y formación autodidacta, (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España, 1971) se ha destacado por sus novelas de corte policial, sus colecciones de relatos y sus libros infantiles, pero e…
Il a publié une dizaine de romans, dont Dans le ventre des mères, Les visages écrasés (Trophée 813 du roman français 2011 ; Grand Prix du roman noir 2012 du Festi…
M. Karagatsis (Greek: Μ. Καραγάτσης) is the pen name of the Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitris Rodopoulos. He was born in Athens, lived in Larissa and studied law in France. Th…
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to…
Branimir Šćepanović (Бранимир Шћепановић) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer. He was born in Podgorica, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father was a teacher and a published author. Young Šćepanović sta…
Cristina Rivera Garza is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. Originally written in Spanish, these works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and…
Kaouther Adimi, (born 1986 Algiers) is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009. Kaouther Adimi was born in Alge…
Η Ελευθερία Μεταξά γεννήθηκε στο Αιγάλεω το 1970. Είναι πτυχιούχος της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής Αθηνών, της Δραματικής Σχολής Διομήδη Φωτιάδη και του τμήματος Δημοσιογραφίας του Εργαστηρίου Ελευθέρων Σπουδ…
Irene Solà is a Spanish writer and an artist. She has exhibited her work at the CCCB in Barcelona and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her first book of poems Bèstia won the 2012 Amadeu Oller Prize …
Vencedor de prêmios no Brasil e no exterior, além de ser o primeiro brasileiro finalista do prestigiado International Booker Prize, ITAMAR VIEIRA JUNIOR nasceu em Salvador (1979) e é autor da coletânea …
Iida Turpeinen is a Helsinki-based literary scholar currently writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. As an author, she is intrigued by the literary potentia…