French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel “Assam.” He was made a chevalier of…
Argentinian novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom (with Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes…
German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. He died 26 October 1874. Link to Wikipedia biography
French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Condé is best known for her novel Ségou. Her novels explore…
English author and translator. She was the third child and only daughter of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In 1822, she published Account of the Abipones,…
Italian translator of ancient languages and an expert in theology. A novelist and a dramatist, he died at the Mexico City medical center of heart…
Dutch journalist, French teacher, interpreter, painter, caricaturist and columnist for the NRC newspaper. Charles Albert Cocheret was the youngest child of the Wallonian French teacher…
Norwegian actor and translator. He made his stage debut in 1949 at the National Theatre. He worked there until 1958, then at Rogaland Teater from…
Venezuelan playwright,translator and essayist. He was a graduate of Columbia University and Manchester University. He later directed the School of Arts at the Central University…
Indian Tara, a female guru known as Gurumayi, who became one of Muktananda’s two successors at the time of his death along with Nityananda in…
Maria Enriqueta Camarillo: A Literary Luminary with a Unique Human Design Maria Enriqueta Camarillo, born on January 19, 1872, in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, was an…
Aldo Busi: A Postmodern Literary Icon with a Unique Human Design Aldo Busi, born on February 25, 1948, in Montichiari, Italy, is a celebrated Italian…
British adventurer, explorer, writer and scholar of Islamic writings and languages. He traveled Europe, Arabia, Ethiopia and Africa, exploring the source of the Nile and…
Dutch writer of fiction and astrology, illustrator, art critic, journalist and puppet player. He was born in a middle class family in Den Haag as…
Italian writer, a novelist who became famous at the age of 60. In 1981 he was suddenly commercially viable, assuming European stature and becoming a…
German pro astrologer and since 2012 certified member of the Deutscher Astrologenverband (DAV). As of 2013 Chairwoman of Tarot e.V. (German tarot association). She’s got…
Dutch teacher and school reformer and also a prophilic writer of regional novels and children’s books. He was the eldest son of the grocer and…
Dutch teacher, translator and writer, posthumously acknowledged as an early 1st wave feminist. Her parents were the orthodox rabbi Izak de Haan (25 September 1839,…
Dutch journalist, translator and prophilic writer who made his literary debut in 1964 with Het mes op de keel (The Knife to the Throat). He…
Barthold Heinrich Brockes: A Literary Manifestor Born on September 22, 1680, in the vibrant city of Hamburg, Germany, Barthold Heinrich Brockes emerged as a significant…
Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children’s writer, biographer, translator, and literary critic. Link to Wikipedia biography
French chef, restaurateur, and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. Boulestin was the first television chef, broadcasting for…
American poet, editor, translator and teacher whose poems reflecting on Tom Hanks films won the initial Boston Review poetry prize in 1998. His books include…
Brazilian journalist, poet and translator of works by bell hooks, Claudia Rankine and Audre Lorde, among others. Her first book, Talvez precisemos de um nome…
Godfried Bomans: A Literary Genius with a Unique Human Design Godfried Bomans, a celebrated Dutch writer and humorist, is remembered for his ironic storytelling and…
Dutch classicist, poet, Dante translator, Tachtiger, school director and private teacher. Boeken studied classical letters in Amsterdam. He dissertated 7 July 1899 at 14:00 with…
German author, editor and translator, whose best known translations include Frühstück bei Tiffany (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) by Truman Capote, Der Kardinal (The Cardinal) by Henry…
American poet, translator, editor and publisher; active in the men’s movement since the 1980s, doing workshops and writing about men’s issues in “Iron John” and…
German writer, a poet, biographer and translator who took the name of her political-writer stepfather. Her work consisted of three long poems and the biographies…
American poet, essayist and translator. He used the pseudonym “Avalon”. His works include “Cups,” “The Moth Poems,” and “Les Chimeres”. He died on 7 May…
Italian author, librarian, translator, novelist. Link to Wikipedia biography