Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013 Place of birth: Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa Best thing about him: The President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and an anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist. He was also South Africa\’s first black president Most important work: Long Walk to Freedom (autobiography) Interesting facts: […]
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Haruki Murakami (January 12, 1949) is considered by some as one of the world\’s greatest living novelists. The Japanese contemporary writer has received a wide array of awards for works such as Norwegian Wood , Kafka on the Shore and A Wild Sheep Chase. 1.\”Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The
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1. Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. 2. Translation is the art of failure. 3. I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed. 4. The comic is the perception of the opposite;
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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an acclaimed Irish playwright, also known for his work as a music and literary critic, political activist, as well as prose writer. Honored with a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Academy Award in 1938 for his adapted screenplay in Pygmalion, he has written more than 60 plays,
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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a famous German playwright, poet and stage director. Using his \”defamiliarization effect\” or \”distancing effect\”, he believed that theater is supposed to be a representation of reality and not reality itself, a fact that was apparent in his \”epic theater\” techniques. Some of his most famous and acclaimed works include: The
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Italian writer and intellectual Umberto Eco, best known for his 1980s novel The Name of the Rose, dies aged 84. According to his family, the famous writer passed away late on Friday, at his home. No further details were given. Source: BBC
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Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Place of birth: Illinois, USA Best thing about him: He is one of the most famous authors of the early 20th-century, while he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Most important book: For Whom the Bell Tolls Interesting fact: In 1921 he moved
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William Shakespeare 26 April 1564 (baptised- birth date unknown) – 23 April 1616 Place of birth: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Best thing about him: A poet, actor and playwright ,considered the greatest writer in the English language Most important works: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Shakespeare\’s Sonnets, A Midsummer\’s Night Dream Interesting facts: There are no concrete
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As confirmed by the mayor\’s office in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, Harper Lee has passed away at 89. She was born on 28 April 1926 and published the critically acclaimed, To Kill A Mockingbird, in 1960. After both critical and commercial success, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Last year, Lee published the sequel Go Set
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Simone de Beauvoir 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986 Place of birth: Paris, France Best thing about her: She received the Prix Goncourt in 1954 Most important books: She Came to Stay, The Mandarins and The Second Sex. Interesting facts: Her book The Second Sex is regarded by many as one of the most important works
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