Pirandello, Luigi
1867 - 1936

Luigi Pirandello was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century and a central figure in Italian letters...

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Sienkiewicz, Henryk
1846 - 1916

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish author born in Wola Okrzejska in Poland, then controlled by Russia....

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Kjærstad, Jan
1953 -

Norwegian author, born and grew up in a middle-class environment in Grorud, an Oslo suburb. His father, Leif Asbjørn ...

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Brodsky, Joseph
1940 - 1996

The Russian poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky was born to a Jewish family in Leningrad as Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky. His...

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