Jean Paul Sartre(1905-1980) Jean Paul Sartre was born on 21 June 1905 in Paris and was a French philosopher, novelist, and political activist. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused it, saying that he always declined official honours and that ” a writer should not allow himself to be turned in … Περισσότερα
Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna, on 28 November 1881 and was an Austrian Novelist and one of the most popular writers in the world. In 1934, following Hitler’s rise to power in Germany, left Austria for England and then in 1940 with his second wife crossed Atlantic to the United States. He died on … Περισσότερα
Ferit Orhan Pamuk was born on 7 June 1952 and he is a Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel prize in Literature. Nobel laureate will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Literature Department of the University of Crete on May 4, 2018. Orhan Pamuk Kafamda Bir Tuhaflik(2013)
Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking, Jewish family, on 3 July 1883, in Prague. Few of Kafka’s works were published during his lifetime. He was a novelist and short story writer. Kafka was never married. He had close relationships with several women during his life. Franz Kafka died on 3 June 1924. He became famous soon after his death. … Περισσότερα
Irvin D. Yalom was born on 13 June 1931. He is married to author and historian Marilyn Yalom and they have four children. Irvin D. Yalom MOMMA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE(1999)-THE SPINOZA PROBLEM(2012) WHEN NIETZSCHE WEPT(1992)-THE GIFT OF THERAPY(2002) RELIGION AND PSYCHIATRY(2003)-THE SCHOPENHAUER CURE(2005) CREATURES OF A DAY AND OTHER TALES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY(2015)-LOVE’S EXETUTIONER(1989)
Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq was born on 26 February 1956. He said: First of all, they hate me more than I hate them. What I do reproach them for isn’t bad reviews. It is that they talk about things having nothing to do with my books—my mother or my tax exile—and that they caricature me so … Περισσότερα
Fallada was born in Germany on 21 July 1893 and dead in 5 February 1947 from a weakened heart, from years of addiction to morphine, alcohol and other drugs. The novel “The Drinker” is deeply critical autobiographical account of life under Nazis. Hans Fallada(1893-1947) Der Trinker(1950)
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