Writers

Mario Desiati

10 photographers

Vincitore del Premio Strega 2022, il più importante riconoscimento letterario italiano, Mario Desiati ha iniziato come giornalista politico e sportivo per Il Corriere della Valle d'Itria, il... ›

Andrew O'Hagan

16 photographers

Andrew O'Hagan è uno scrittore scozzese di narrativa e saggistica. Nato a Glasgow nel 1968, è stato nominato tre volte per il Booker Prize, tra cui il suo romanzo d'esordio "Our Fathers" (1999),... ›

Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Jonas Hassen Khemiri

8 photographers

Jonas Hassan Khemiri è un autore svedese, scrittore di cinque romanzi, sei opere teatrali e numerosi drammi, racconti e saggi. I suoi romanzi sono stati tradotti in oltre trenta lingue. Il suo... ›

Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout

4 photographers

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

13 photographers

Marisa Silver

12 photographers

Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer

12 photographers

Garth Risk Hallberg

Garth Risk Hallberg

6 photographers

David Mamet

11 photographers

Ali Smith

16 photographers

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah

14 photographers

Erica Jong

7 photographers

Edna O'Brien

12 photographers

Born in a small village in the West of Ireland, Edna O'Brien is nowadays the doyenne of Irish literature. Her first book, semi-autobiographical and written in 1960 after she moved to London, ... ›

Matthew Thomas

6 photographers

Teju Cole

12 photographers

Louise Erdrich

5 photographers

Jonathan Galassi

Jonathan Galassi

14 photographers

E. L. Doctorow

8 photographers

EL (Edgar Lawrence) Doctorow (1931 - 2015) was born in the Bronx to second generation Russian Jewish parents. He was even named after Edgar Allen Poe and started writing as a child for his school... ›

Anna Funder

1 photographer

Phillip Lopate

8 photographers

Siri Hustvedt

4 photographers

Siri Hustvedt is an American writer of Norwegian descent. At university she graduated in history before moving to New York and studying English at the Columbia University. While studying she wrote... ›

Jhumpa Lahiri

11 photographers

Scrittrice Jhumpa Lahiri è nata a Londra da genitori bengalesi. Al eta di due anni la famiglia si trasferì a Rhode Island, Stati Uniti, dove passa la sua infanzia. Si sente americana più che altra.... ›

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

2 photographers

Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka in 1943 and moved to England in 1954. In 1962 he moved again, this time to Canada where he took Candadian citizenship. His work blends reality with fantasy in... ›

Adam Johnson

3 photographers

Adam Johnson graduated in journalism from the Arizona State University but his real passion lay in writing fiction, often inventing fantastical stories. He won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for his seven... ›

Paul Auster

2 photographers

Paul Auster, scittore e regista americano, figlio di genitori ebrei di origine polocca, gode lo stato di un scritore di cult dagli anni ottanta quando, al inizio dei suoi anni creativi, fu... ›

Zadie Smith

3 photographers

Zadie Smith (nata Sadie) è nata nel nord di Londra con un padre inglese e una madred giamaicana. Sua prima romanza "Denti bianchi" l'ha portata nel occhio del pubblico anche prima di essere... ›

George Saunders

George Saunders

9 photographers

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

21 photographers

Nato e cresciuto a New York, romanziere Colson Whitehead ha scitto cinque romanzi e un saggio. Dopo una laurea presso a Harvard University nel 1991 commincia a scrivere recenzione di libri e... ›

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

8 photographers

Nata nel Nigeria, dove studia Medicina e Farmacia all’Università, fino a quando si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti dove si è lauriata in Comunicazione e in Scienze Politiche all’Università del... ›

Jeremy Rifkin

12 photographers

American environmental activist, political advisor, writer, public speaker and economist Jeremy Rifkin has to date written over twenty books on environmental issues and against the present world... ›

Wole Soyinka

14 photographers

Nigerian writer, poet and playwright Wole Soyinka, (full name Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka,) became the first African to win a Nobel Prize in 1986. He studied in Nigeria and the UK, but back in... ›

Stefan Merrill Block

Stefan Merrill Block

6 photographers

Joshua Ferris

17 photographers

Joshua Ferris is an American writer whose first book, "When We Come to the End," published in 2007, won the PEN/Hemingway Award of the same year. His second full length book, The "The Unamed," came... ›

Peter Cameron

4 photographers

Salman Rushdie

6 photographers

Sir Salman Rushdie, born in Bombay in 1947, is a British-Indian writer of fiction, short stories, non-fiction and drama. Famous for having a fatwa pronounced against him by Ayatollah Khomeini of... ›

David Nicholls

9 photographers

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham

7 photographers

Lo scrittore Michael Cunningham è nato a Cincinatti nel Ohio, e cresceva a Pasadena nel California. Attualmente vive a New York ed è professore di scrittura creativa alla Yale University. Nel 1999... ›

Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem

5 photographers

Jonathan Lethem è nato a Brooklyn nel 1964. Scrive saggi, romanze e novelle. Il suo primo libro fu pubblicato nel 1994 e si intitota "Gun, With Occasional Music." Altri libri che scritto sono ... ›

Lila Azam Zanganeh

Lila Azam Zanganeh

13 photographers

Nata a Parigi da genitori iraniani, Lila Azam Zangeneh vive e lavora a New York. Ha scritto per "Le Monde" "The New York Times" and "La Repubblica." Il più recente di suoi libri, "Un incantevole... ›

Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer

12 photographers

Scritore americano Jonathan Safran Foer, autore di "Ogni cosa è illuminata" e "Molto Forte, Incredibilmente Vicino." ›

Nicole Krauss

10 photographers

Scrittrice americana Nicole Krauss. I suoi libri sono, "Un Uomo sulla Soglia," La Storia dell Amore," e "La Grande House." ›

Priya Basil

5 photographers

Author Priya Basil was born in London in 1977 but grew up in Kenya before returning to the UK to study English literature at Bristol University. She then embarked on a career in advertising before... ›

Daniel Mendelsohn

Daniel Mendelsohn

3 photographers

Ian McEwan

3 photographers

Ian McEwan is an English novelist and screenwriter. He writes Gothic novels that are often about disfunctional relationships and friendships. He was awarded a CBE in 2000, and is a fellow of the... ›

Martin Amis

9 photographers

Martin Amis; influential and sometimes controversial British author and son of writer Kingsley Amis. He first started his writing career alongside Christopher Hitchens for the "New Statesman. His... ›

David Sedaris

3 photographers

David Sedaris is an American writer, comedian, humourist and radio contributor of Greek descent on his father's side. He was born in 1956 in New York state but grew up in North Carolina. His first... ›

Tom Stoppard

15 photographers

Sir Tom Stoppard is a highly acclaimed and multi award winning British playwright who has written extensively for television, film, radio and the theatre. Stoppard was born in Czechoslovakia in... ›

Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano

12 photographers

Italian writer and journalist Roberto Saviano, author of the book "Gomorrah" about the Neopolitan mafia La Camorra, (2006) since made into a film. In 2011 awarded the Olaf Palme prize. Scrittore e... ›

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

3 photographers

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's in Antigua. She has written a number of short stories and essays (some of which about gardening) including "Girl," "At the Bottom of the River," "A Small... ›

Jo Nesbo

7 photographers

Norwegian author, musician and songwriter Jo Nesbø, Writer of the Harry Hole crime novels. Titles include "The Bat," "Phantom," "The Snowman," "The Redbreast" and "The Leopard." Musicista e... ›