Jose de Sousa Saramago was born in Azinhaga, Portugal, a small village one hundred kilometers northeast of Lisbon, on 16 November 1922. He was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago married Ilda Reis in 1944 and they had only one daughter. In 1986 met Spanish journalist Pilar del … Περισσότερα

Gunter Wilhelm Grass was born in Free City of Danzig, now Gdanst, Poland, on 16 October 1927. He was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Grass was a fan of Bundesliga Club SC Freiburg. He died of a lung infection, on 13 April 2015, … Περισσότερα

Paulo Coelho de Souza was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 25 August 1947. He is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is best known for his widely translated novel “The Alchemist”. It is a story about a young shepherd who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a … Περισσότερα

                              Αγροίκος ή … πολιτισμένος           Η περίοδος της ραστώνης των διακοπών είναι για πολλούς προς το τέλος, και για μερικούς έχει τελειώσει ήδη. Στο διάστημα του καλοκαιριού οι μεγαλουπόλεις άδειασαν, και οι πολίτες βρέθηκαν κοντά στη φύση και στους αγρούς. Από επιλογή θέλησαν να ησυχάσουν για λίγο, παρότι η κύρια … Περισσότερα

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Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev of the Russian Empire, today Ukraine, in 15 May 1891. He was a Russian writer, physician and playwright active in the half of 20th century. He is best known for hia novel “The master and Margarita”, which began writing 1928 and which was finally published by his widow in … Περισσότερα

Ivan Turgenev was born in Oryol, on 9 November 1818. He was a Russian novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Turgenev never married but he had a dauther. His novel “Fathers and sons” (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. He died from spinal tumor at Bugrval near Paris on 3 … Περισσότερα

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on 6 March 1927, in Aracataca, Colombia. He was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez met Mercedes Barcha while she was at school and they decided to wait for her to finish before getting married. When he was sent to Europe as a foreign correspondent, Mercedes waited … Περισσότερα

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