Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as "The Metamorphosis" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals…
Joseph Roth, journalist and novelist, was born and grew up in Brody, a small town near Lemberg in East Galicia, part of the easternmost reaches of what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire and is now …
Apostolos Doxiadis (Greek: Απόστολος Δοξιάδης) was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1953, and grew up in Greece. Although interested in fiction and the arts from his youngest years, a sudden and totally …
Claudia Piñeiro is an Argentine novelist and screenwriter, best known for her crime and mystery novels, most of which became best sellers in Argentina. She was born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires province.
Irvin David Yalom, M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and accomplished psychotherapist. Born in a Jewish family i…
Greek writer. Described as a 'landmark of post-war literature in Greece, Taktsis (Κώστας Ταχτσής) wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Tο τρίτο στεφάνι) partly in Australia. The book unfolds in the years b…
Ahmet Ümit was born in 1960 in the city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. He moved to Istanbul in 1978 to attend university. In 1983 he both graduated from the Public Administration Faculty of Marmara …
M. Karagatsis (Greek: Μ. Καραγάτσης) is the pen name of the Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitris Rodopoulos. He was born in Athens, lived in Larissa and studied law in France. Th…
(English: Odysseas Elytis) Φιλολογικό ψευδώνυμο του Οδυσσέα Αλεπουδέλλη, ήταν ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Έλληνες ποιητές, μέλος της λογοτεχνικής γενιάς του '30. Διακρίθηκε το 1960 με το Κρατικό Βρα…
Ο Χρήστος Βακαλόπουλος σπούδασε οικονομικά στην ΑΣΟΕΕ και κινηματογράφο στο Παρίσι. Εργάστηκε ως κριτικός κινηματογράφου στην εφημερίδα "Αυγή" (1975-1985) και στα περιοδικά "Σύγχρ…
Ο Γρηγόριος Ξενόπουλος γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1867 από Ζακυνθινό πατέρα και από μητέρα Φαναριώτισσα. Η οικογένειά του εγκαταλείπει την Πόλη, όταν ο Γρηγόριος ήταν έντεκα μηνών και εγκαθίστ…
Branimir Šćepanović (Бранимир Шћепановић) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer. He was born in Podgorica, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father was a teacher and a published author. Young Šćepanović sta…
CHRISTOS IKONOMOU was born in Athens in 1970. He has published three collections of short stories, The Woman on the Rails (2003), Something Will Happen, You'll See (2010), and All Good Things Will Com…
Ο Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος γεννήθηκε το 1983 στη Μαλεσσίνα Λοκρίδος. Έχει εκδώσει μυθιστορήματα, διηγήματα και κόμικ. Το 2014 η συλλογή διηγημάτων Γκιακ βραβεύτηκε από την Ακαδημία Αθηνών-Ίδρυμα Πέτρ…
Η Αλεξάνδρα Κ* γεννήθηκε στην Κέρκυρα το 1985. Σπούδασε θέατρο στη σχολή του Κρατικού Θεάτρου Βορείου Ελλάδος, στο Τμήμα Θεάτρου της Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών του Αριστοτελείου και στη σχολή της Stella Adle…
Georges Sari (born Georgia Sarivaxevani), a Greek author and actress, was born in Athens. Her mother was French and her father was Greek from Ayvalik, Turkey. She grew up in Greece, wh…
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Terre ceinte (Brotherhood), his first novel, won the …
Minos Efstathiadis (Greek: Μίνως Ευσταθιάδης) studied Law in Athens and in Hannover. He gave up (probably not soon enough) being a lawyer for windsurfing and writing.
Ο Αλέξανδρος Κάσσης ζει και εργάζεται στην Αθήνα. Το 2015 εκδόθηκε το πρώτο του βιβλίο με τίτλο Φύγαμε! (εκδόσεις Γαβριηλίδης) και το 2021 το δεύτερο με τίτλο Όσα απέμειναν από τους εραστές (ε…
(Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize…
