Péter Nádas was born Budapest in 1942. In the 1960s he was a photo reporter and journalist, and worked for »Nök Lapja« magazine and the daily »Pest Megyei Hirlap«. At the age of 23 he gave his literary debut with »A biblia« (1967; tr.: The Bible). The novella about the
Peter Kammerer was born in Offenburg in 1936. He lives in Urbino, where he works at the university as a professor for Sociology. Kammerer also works as an author, essayist, and translator. He has written on subjects including Pier Paolo Pasolini and Fransesco d’Assizi, and has translated Franz Xaver Kroetz
born 1980 in Kiel, he studied creative writing and cultural journalism in Hildesheim. In 2002 he published his debut volume of short prose with the Suhrkamp Verlag »Milch Holz Katzen« (tr: Milk Wood Cats) and in 2007 his collection of stories »Die blinde Fotografin« (tr: The Blind Photographer). In addition
Pankaj Mishra was born in the northern Indian town of Jhansi in 1969. After studying commerce at the University of Allahabad, he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He began to write reviews for newspapers such as »The Indian
Pablo Ramos was born in 1966 in Sarandí, a suburb of Buenos Aires. He has had various jobs – electrician, chef, draftsman, waiter, street vendor – and has also been self-employed. Alongside he played in a rock band, writing the lyrics for its songs. In 1997, he published an award-winning
Otto de Kat was born under the name Jan Geurt Gaarlandt in Rotterdam in 1946. He studied theology and Dutch literature at the University of Leiden. Subsequently, he worked as a literary critic for the newspapers »de Volkskrant« and »Vrij Nederland« and as a publisher. In 1986, he founded Balans
Owen Martell was born in Exeter in 1976. After studying at Aberystwyth and Oxford Universities, he spent some time working as a reporter with the BBC. His first novel, »Cadw dy ffydd, brawd«, was Welsh Book of the Year in 2001. His second, »Dyn yr Eiliad«, was short-listed for the
Olivier Salon, born in 1955, teaches mathematics to the would-be pupils of élitist schools. In 2000 he joined the group, Oulipo, and in 2008 he published »Les Gens de Légende« (tr: The Legendary People), a collection of Oulipotic fairytales from Little Red Riding Hood to Tintin. He has been performing
Omar Akbar Omar Akbar has been one of the most influential hosts of the “Reflections” programme of the international literature festival berlin since 2007. He has focused on the literary exploration of big cities and metropolises, and their specific urban character. In his series Urban Worlds – World Cities he
Octavia Monaco, born in 1963 in Thionville in northern France, has been living in Italy since the 1970s. The trained goldsmith was enrolled at the Bologna Arts Academy, but her skillls in painting and graphics are largely self-taught. Aside from her work as an illustrator, she runs courses and creative
Nujum Al-Ghanem was born in Dubai in 1962. In 1996 she graduated in video production in Ohio, USA, and completed her master’s degree in media production at the Griffith University in Australia. From 1985 to 1999 she ran the Cultural Department at »al-Ittihad« newspaper in Dubai and worked as a
Nora Iuga was born in Bucharest in 1931. She comes from an artist family and grew up in several countries, including Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, where her parents went on tour for two years, as well as in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu and in the Romanian capital. After
