24th ilb
5 – 14 Sep 2024 Program
9 – 18 Sep 2024 Young Program

Herkunft: United Kingdom

Romesh Gunesekera

Romesh Gunesekera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1954, where he also spent his early childhood.  He grew up bilingual speaking English and Singhalese, the official language of Sri Lanka. His family moved from Sri Lanka to the Philippines before settling in London in 1972.  Gunesekera studied English Literature

Roger Garside

born in 1938, is a former diplomat, development banker, and capital market development consultant. In 1958, he was stationed as an army officer in Hong Kong. He later served twice in the British Embassy in Beijing. He is the author of two books on China.

Robert Paul Weston

Robert Paul Weston was born in 1975 in Dover, Great Britain. He studied Sociology and Film at Queen’s University in Kingston and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Weston has worked in a number of unusual jobs – as a professional trampolinist, life guard, editor of a literary

Robert Williams

Robert Williams was born in 1977 and grew up in Clitheroe/Lancashire. The son of two librarians made the local library in the town where he grew up in northern England his second home. He read his way through the inventory on the shelves with great enthusiasm and later became a

Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin born in the UK in 1946 and studied Modern History at Oxford. He taught Arabic and the History of the Middle East in London, Cambridge, and Oxford, and Medieval History in St. Andrews. The historian has published many novels and studies dealing with the politics, arts, and mysticism

Richard Dove

born 1954 in Bath, he studied German and Romance Languages and Literature in Oxford and has lectured at Exeter, Regensburg and Wales. While he previously wrote poems in English, since his move to Munich in 1987 he has been writing mainly in German. In addition, he translates the works of

Rick Stroud

is a British historian and author with a focus on the history of World War II. His most recent book »Lonely Courage. The True Story of the SOE Heroines Who Fought to Free Nazi-Occupied France« (2017) is about the women of a British special unit in World War II. Since

Rebecca F. John

born in 1986, grew up in Pwll, a small village on the south Wales coast. She holds an M.A. in creative writing (distinction) from the University of Swansea, where she also lives. »Clown’s Shoes«, her first collection of short stories, was published in 2015. That same year »Moon Dog«, one

Rana Dasgupta

Rana Dasgupta was born in 1971 to an English mother and an Indian father in Canterbury, Great Britain. He studied French Literature and Media Studies in England and the USA and went on to work for some years as a PR manager. His texts concentrate on issues of home and

Rajeev Balasubramanyam

born in 1974 in Lancashire, studied politics, philosophy and economics in Oxford and Cambridge. His debut novel »In Beautiful Disguises« was published in 2000. He won the Betty Trask Award in 1999 and Clarissa Luard Award in 2004. His second novel, »The Dreamer«, is based on one of his short