Helen Keller 27 June 1880- 1 June 1968 Place of birth: Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA Best thing about her: She was the first both deaf and blind person to get a bachelor\’s degree in art. Most important book: The Story Of My Life Interesting fact: She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the […]
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Sheldon Allan \”Shel\” Silverstein (1930-1999), also naming himself Uncle Shelby in some works was an American poet and writer of children\’s book, also known for his cartoons and song-writing, as well as screen-writing. The artist is most famous for works such as The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Missing Piece.
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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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Julia Horeftari for Art-Sheep Greetings, my brave reader. ‘Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?’ – \”Going Postal\” [33rd Discworld novel] Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett, Terry, Pratchett… My childish and certainly feeble attempts to help keep Terry Pratchett alive are nothing compared to the legacy
Samuel Beckett 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 Place of birth: Foxrock, Republic of Ireland Best thing about him: He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969 Most important book: Waiting for Godot, 1952 Interesting facts: He worked as James Joyce’s amanuensis – until the two writers fell out He was a talented cricketer
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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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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902-1968), considered \”a giant of American letters\”, is an important American writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. Thought by many to be one of the foremost figures in Western literature, he has become famous by works such as The Grapes of Wrath (Pulitzer Prize winner), as well as Of Mice
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941 Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland Most famous book: Ulysses Interesting facts: He is considered one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde He suffered from cynophobia and astraphobia Renown psychiatrist Carl Jung had concluded that both Joyce\’s daughter Lucia, as well as
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Sir Terence David John \”Terry\” Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English writer of comic fantasy novels, known as UK\’s best-selling author of the 1990s. The creator of the famous Discworld series, he was knighted for services to literature and passed away in March at the age of 66 from early-onset Alzheimer\’s disease. 1.“If cats looked like
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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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