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WALTIC
WALTIC, the Writers’ and Literary Translators’ International Congress, titled "The Value of Words", is a bi-annual international literary congress founded and owned by The Swedish Writers’ Union. Having its premier launch in Stockholm between 29 June and 2 July 2008, WALTIC’s aim and thematic scope is divided in accordance to three key elements: Increase literacy, Safeguard freedom of expression, and Strengthen authors’ rights. Chairman of The Swedish Writers' Union and President of WALTIC 2008: Mats Söderlund. Program Committee: Gabriella Håkansson and Henrik C. Enbohm. WALTIC 2008 honorary guest was poet Tomas Tranströmer. "I am glad to participate in the WALTIC congress because it is devoted to democracy, and the act of reading is a very good example of pure democracy in action," said writer Philip Pullman when asked about his participation in the 2008 congress. Speakers WALTIC 2008 keynote speakers were Mia Couto and Nawal El-Saadawi. Among the invited speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Håkansson
Gabriella Håkansson, born 1968, is a Swedish novelist. Her books are renowned for their psychological originality, complex plots, gothic sense of humour and claustrophobic mapping of the human mind. , accessed 2010-05-12 They have been translated into German, Dutch, Czech, Danish and Norwegian. The Aldermann Trilogy 2013 saw the publication of the first part of Håkansson's epic trilogy of historic novels, ''Aldermann's Heir''. It is set in early . Rich orphan William Aldermann spends his childhood in a huge, neo-classical house, surrounded by a staff of servants as well as old friends of his dead father. The boy soon discovers that he has a deeply troubling heritage: his father was the lea ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Cărtărescu
Mircea Cărtărescu (; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist. Biography Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Vodă National College during the early 1970s. During his school years, he was a member of literary groups led by Nicolae Manolescu and Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu. At that time, along with many teenagers of his generation, Cărtărescu was tremendously influenced by the legacy of the 1960s American counterculture, including artists such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors. He commenced writing poetry in 1978. Later, he studied at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, Department of Romanian Language and Literature. He graduated in 1980 with a thesis that later became his book on poetry, more specifically ''The Chimaeric Dream''. That same year, some of his works were published by Cartea Românească. Between 1980 and 1989, Cărtărescu worked as a Romanian language teacher, then worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Janés
Clara Janés Nadal, born in Barcelona (6 November 1940), is a Spanish writer of several literary genres. She is recognised as a poet and is distinguished as a translator of different central European and eastern languages. Since 2015, she has occupied a seat in the Real Academia Española becoming the tenth woman elected as a member of the RAE. Biography Clara Janés was born in Barcelona on 6 November 1940, the daughter of Ester Nadal and the famous editor and poet Josep Janés (l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1913 - Monós, Alto Penedés, 1959). She was brought up in Pedralbes, on the outskirts of Barcelona. Her love for literature, especially poetry, started at an early age after reading several verses of Saint Teresa of Jesus. In 1957, she began her degree in philosophy at the University of Barcelona, where Professor Jose Manuel Blecua taught her the literature of San Juan de la Cruz and Francisco de Quevedo, among other traditional literature poets. This has been the fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma Iweala (born November 5) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor. His debut novel, ''Beasts of No Nation'', is a formation of his thesis work (in creative writing) at Harvard. It depicts a child soldier in an unnamed African country. The book, published in 2005 and adapted as an award-winning film in 2015, was mentioned by ''Time Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''The Times'', and ''Rolling Stone.'' In 2012, he released the non-fiction book ''Our Kind of People'', about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria. He later released a novel titled ''Speak No Evil'', published in 2018, which highlights the life of a gay Nigerian-American boy named Niru. Iweala is currently the CEO of The Africa Center in Harlem, New York. Family and education The son of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Iweala attended St. Albans School in Washington D.C. and later Harvard College, from which he graduated with an A.B., ''magna cum laude'', in English and American Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Anh Thai
Ho (or the transliterations He or Heo) may refer to: People Language and ethnicity * Ho people, an ethnic group of India ** Ho language, a tribal language in India * Hani people, or Ho people, an ethnic group in China, Laos and Vietnam * Hiri Motu, ISO 639-1 language code ho *Ho (Armenian) a letter of the Armenian script. Names * Ho (Korean name), a family name, given name, and an element in two-syllable given names * Heo, also romanised as Hŏ, a Korean family name * Hồ (surname), a Vietnamese surname * He (surname), or Ho, the romanised transliteration of several Chinese family names * Hè (surname) , also romanised as Ho, a Chinese surname People with the surname * Cassey Ho (born 1987), American social media fitness entrepreneur * Coco Ho (born 1991), American surfer * Derek Ho (1964—2020), Hawaiian surfer * Don Ho (1930–2007), American musician * Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Vietnamese political leader * Michael Ho (born 1957), American surfer * Sornsawan Ho (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Hernández (writer)
Rafael Hernández may refer to: * Rafael Hernández Colón (1936–2019), 4th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico * Rafael Hernández Marín (1892–1965), Puerto Rican composer ** Rafael Hernández Airport, an airport named after the Puerto Rican composer in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico * Rafael Tobías Hernández Alvarado (born 1953), known as Toby Hernandez, former Major League Baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays *Rafael Hernández (actor) (1928–1997), Spanish actor *Rafael Hernández Montañez (born 1972), Puerto Rican politician *Rafael Hernández Rojas (born 1946), Mexican Olympic swimmer *Rafael Cedeño Hernández, imprisoned Mexican drug trafficker *Rafael Batista Hernández Rafael Batista Hernández (born 24 October 1936), also known as Felo, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, he played for UD Las Palmas, Real Madrid and Sevilla. He scored Rea ... (born 1936), Spanish footballer * Rafae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Haslinger
Josef Haslinger (born July 5, 1955) is an Austrian writer. Haslinger was born in Zwettl, Lower Austria. He studied philosophy, drama and Germanic studies at the University of Vienna. He received his PhD in 1980. Since then he has been working as a freelance writer. 1976 to 1992 he was co-editor of the literary magazine "Wespennest". In 1983/84 Haslinger had a teaching position at the University of Kassel, was Secretary General of the Graz Authors' Assembly from 1986 to 1989, and from 1986 to 1994 co-organizer of the "Vienna Lectures on Literature". In 1995 he was a lecturer at the University of Kassel and wrote parts of his political thriller novel, ''Opernball'' (Opera Ball) there. Haslinger has taught since 1996 as a professor of literary aesthetics at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. He lives Vienna und Leipzig. Awards and honors * 1980 Theodor Körner Prize * 1982 Österreichisches Staatsstipendium für Literatur * 1984 Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien * 1985 Sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Guédon
Jean-Claude Guédon (born 1943 in Le Havre, France) is a Quebec-based academic. Education In 1960-61, he was an American Field Service exchange student in Kenmore East Senior High School in Tonawanda, New York ( US). He went on to study chemistry at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York and earned a Ph.D. in history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1974. Academic career He began his career at Glendon College (York University) in Toronto, Ontario in 1970. He has been a professor at the ''Université de Montréal'' since 1973, first in the ''Institut d'histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences'' and, since 1987, in the ''Département de littérature comparée''. He is a long-time member of the Internet Society serving as co-chair of the program committee in 1996, 1998 and 2000, and member of the same committee in 1997, 1999 and 2002. Scholarly activities Between 1998 and 2003, he was Chair of the Advisory Board for CNSLP (Canadian National Site Licence Proj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Florian
Filip Florian (born May 16, 1968) is a Romanian writer and journalist. Biography Filip Florian studied Geology and Geophysics in Bucharest. Between 1990 and 1992, he worked as an editor for ''Cuvîntul'' magazine and later on, until 1999, as a correspondent for Radio Free Europe and Deutsche Welle. He currently lives in Bucharest. Works The novel ''Degete mici'' (''Little Fingers'') marked Florian's literary debut in 2005. It was awarded "best debut" by România Literară (Literary Romania), the excellence prize for debut of the National Union of the Romanian Patronate ( Uniunea Națională a Patronatului Român) and the Romanian Writers' Union prize. The novel was translated and published in Hungary ( Magvető), Germany (Suhrkamp), Poland (Czarne), Slovenia (Didakta), Italy (Fazi), Spain (Acantilado), Slovakia (Kalligram), Bulgaria (Ciela) and the United States (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). ''Zilele Regelui'' (''The Days of the King'') published in 2008 was awarded the "Manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James English (writer)
James English may refer to: * James E. English (18121890), United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut * James F. English Jr. (19272020), American college president (Trinity College, Connecticut) * James L. English (18131889), American lawyer and Democratic politician * James Towers English (17821819), brigadier general, commander of the British Legion in the South American Wars of Independence * James W. English (18371925), American politician and soldier * Jim English Jim English (October 1932 – 23 February 2008) was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Wexford senior team. English joined the team during the 1951 championship and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fi ... (19322008), Irish hurler * Leo James English (19071997), Australian compiler and editor of bilingual dictionaries in the Philippines {{DEFAULTSORT:English, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Engdahl
Horace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born 30 December 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1999 to June 2009, when he was succeeded by Swedish author and historian Peter Englund. Biography Engdahl was born in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden. He earned his B.A. in 1970 at Stockholm University; he earned his doctoral degree (PhD) in 1987, with a study on Swedish romanticism, but had meanwhile been active as a literary critic, translator and journal editor, and was one of the introducers of the continental tradition of literary scholarship in Sweden. He is adjunct professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He speaks Swedish, English, German, French and Russian fluently. Engdahl was member of the ''Kris'' editorial staff. On 16 October 1997, Engdahl became a member of the Swedish Academy, elected to seat number 17 vacated by the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
