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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Naguib Mahfouz was born in the medieval Fatimid, quarter of Cairo, on 11 Decmber 1911. He was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Many of his works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films. Mahfouz remained a bachelor until age 43, because he believed that with its numerous restrictions … Περισσότερα

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Alejandro Andres Zambra Infantas was born in 24 September 1975 in Villa Portales, a district of Santiago, Chile. He is a Chilean poet, short story writer and novelist. Alejandro Zambra La vida privada de los arboles (2007)-Formas de volver a casa (2011)

Albert Camus was born in Drean then known as Mondovi, in Frencn Algeria, on 7 November 1913. He was a French philosopher, author, and journalist.  In 1957, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, “for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times”. Camus died on 4 … Περισσότερα