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 Pohl, born in Hamburg in 1940, emigrated with his mother to Sweden at the end of World War II after the death of his German father. He was particularly interested early on in Mathematics, Physics and Athletics. From childhood, Pohl wrote everything down and also experimented with photography. »Even
Peter Schneider was born in Lübeck in 1940 and grew up in Freiburg, where he began his studies in German language, history and philosophy. He completed his education in Berlin. He wrote speeches for SPD politicians during the Bundestag election campaign in 1965. Schneider quickly found a role as one
Pedro Rosa Mendes was born in Cernache do Bonjadrin in Portugal in 1968. He studied law and went on to work as a journalist, for example, for the Portuguese newspaper »Publico«. He became known by his reports from war zones, for which he received the Feature of the Year Award
Paula Morris wurde 1965 in Auckland, Neuseeland, geboren. Die Schriftstellerin mit Maori- und englischen Wurzeln studierte an der Universität von Auckland und im englischen York, wo sie promovierte. Sie begann eine Karriere in der Marketingabteilung einer Schallplattenfirma, die sie von London nach New York führte. Dort war sie als Werbetexterin
Patrick de Saint-Exupéry was born in 1962. The French journalist started his career at the age of 19. He worked for »Le Figaro« and other papers. He was a foreign correspondent in Moscow and has been working as reporter in Afghanistan, Iran, Irak, Pakistan, Argentina and Saudi Arabia, and covered
the literary scholar and poet was born in Lviv in 1978. In 2000, he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the National Ivan Franko University in Lviv, majoring in Bulgarian language and literature. His dissertation (2007) looks at the phenomenon of silence in the literary text using Bulgarian prose
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
Obi Nwakanma was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1966. He studied English and Poetry, and obtained his MFA from Washington University and his PhD from Saint Louis University in the USA. Nwakanma worked as a journalist in Nigeria and wrote articles for international newspapers and magazines. He is also a
Norbert Bisky was born in Leipzig in 1970, studied Art at the University of the Arts in Berlin, as well as in Salzburg and Madrid. His paintings have been presented in numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad, and are part of the MoMA collection in New York. Bisky creates powerful
Norbert Scheuer was born in 1951 in Prüm, which is located in the Westeifel area of the region of Rhineland-Palatinate. While attending evening school, he completed an apprenticeship as an electrician. After that, he studied Physical Engineering in Iserlohn. At the University of Dusseldorf, he completed a second course of
Nils Mohl [Germany] Nils Mohl was born in Hamburg in 1971. He studied Literature in Kiel, Thübingen and Berlin and Cultural Management in Weimar, and worked in construction, retail and logistics. He now works as a writer for an agency, a lecturer on writing techniques at the University of Hamburg
