Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born in Berdychiv, Russian Empire, on 3 December 1857. He was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British…
The Brothers Grimm , Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of folk…
Μερικοί ψάχνουμε απεγνωσμένα για καλές ειδήσεις να ακούσουμε, και τις απορροφούμε αμέσως σαν το βαμβάκι που πίνει το νερό. Το έχουμε ανάγκη τώρα, που όλα…
O Άγγελος Τερζάκης γεννήθηκε στις 16 Φεβρουαρίου 1907 στο Ναύπλιο, Ελλάδα. Ήταν Έλληνας λογοτέχνης της γενιάς του ’30 και δοκιμιογράφος. Έγραψε διηγήματα, μυθιστορήματα και θεατρικά έργα. Πολύ αξιόλογο είναι το δοκιμιακό του έργο: αυτός και ο Γεώργιος Θεοτοκάς είναι οι κύριοι εκφραστές του θεωρητικού προβληματισμού…
Ο Δημήτριος Βικέλας γεννήθηκε στην Ερμούπολη της Σύρου στις 15 Φεβρουαρίου 1835. Ήταν Έλληνας λόγιος, ποιητής και πεζογράφος. Ως λογοτέχνης μνημονεύεται για το μυθιστόρημά του Λουκής Λάρας (1879), έργο πολύ σημαντικό για την…
Eugen Berthold Friedrich "Bertolt" Brecht was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire on 10 February 1898. He was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Living in Munich during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes with theatre plays,…
Tariq Ali was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India, now Pakistan, on 21 October 1943. He is a British-Pakistani writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, political activist, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial…
Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, on 8 February 1828. He was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been…