Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka, Japan on 11 June 1899. He  was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read. He died in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan, on 16 … Περισσότερα

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov was born in Nizhny, Novgorod, Russian Empire, on 28 March 1868. He was primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky and he was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist.He was also a five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gorky was active with the emerging Marxist social-democratic movement. He … Περισσότερα

Ισορροπίες Όσοι στερούνται, φαντασίας δεν μπορούν παρά να βασίζουν τα συμπεράσματά τους στην πραγματικότητα που βλέπουν γύρω τους. Από την άλλη, βέβαια, όσοι διαθέτουν φαντασία έχουν την τάση να χτίζουν κάστρα που σχεδίασαν μονάχοι και να σφραγίζουν ύστερα τις πολεμίστρες τους. ΓΙΟΥΚΙΟ ΜΙΣΙΜΑ (Ανοιξιάτικο χιόνι) Δεν ξέρω σε ποιαν κατηγορία ανθρώπων κατατάσσει καθένας τον εαυτό … Περισσότερα

Nicholas Benbow Evans was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England on 26 July 1950. He is an English journalist, screenwriter television and film producer and novelist.Evans is married to singer/songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming.  His novel, The Horse Whisperer was No. 10 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1995 as determined by The New York Times. With 15 million copies sold, it is … Περισσότερα

Αποτελέσματα Λογοτεχνικού Διαγωνισμού Ενηλίκων 1. ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ Α΄ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ, στο ποίημα «Οικογενειακές υποθέσεις νυκτός», με το ψευδώνυμο «Γιάννης Απαρθινός» που ανήκει στον κ. Γιάννη Πανούση και ισοβαθμεί με το ποίημα «Παλαιό καρνάγιο» με το ψευδώνυμο «Χρύσιππος» που ανήκει στον κ. Θεοφάνη Παυλίδη. Β΄ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ, στο ποίημα «Κάλεσμα» με το ψευδώνυμο «Άρτεμις» που ανήκει στην κα Μάρθα Δήμου … Περισσότερα

Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen, France, on 12 December 1821. He was a French novelist. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). He has been admired or written about by almost every major literary personality of the 20th century. As a writer, other than a pure stylist Flaubert was nearly … Περισσότερα

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez was born in Matanzas, Cuba, on 27 January 1950. He is a Cuban novelist. His books are typically gritty, tragicomic accounts of himself and his countrymen hustling for money, searching for pleasure and happiness, and struggling in desperate situations. He makes heavy use of irony.  Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Dirty Havana Trilogy (1998) … Περισσότερα

Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa, Italy on 24 September 1943. He was an  Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Potugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa. His books and essays have been translated … Περισσότερα

Roberto Bolaño Avalos was born in Santiago, Chile on 28 April 1953. He was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essaylist.,  Bolaño’s death in 15 July 2003 came after a long period of declining health. He suffered from liver failure and had been on a liver transplant waiting list while working on 2666, and … Περισσότερα

Victor Marie Hugo was born in  Besançon in the eastern region of Franche-Comté, on 26  February 1802. He was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside of France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831.Hugo died in … Περισσότερα