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Widely regarded as England's most influential living literary critic & theorist, Dr. Terry Eagleton currently serves as Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster and…
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1532-1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his ef…
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Am…
Shōhei Ōoka (Ōoka Shōhei / 大岡 昇平) was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and translator of French literature active in Shōwa period Japan. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1932 and majored in …
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics col…
Roman yazarı. İstanbul’da doğdu. Şişli Terakki Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra İstanbul Hukuk Fakültesi’nde okudu. Keşan, Meriç ve Karaisalı’da Kaymakamlık, İstanbul’da Belediye Müfettişliği, Emniyet Şu…
People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).
21 Nisan 1955 tarihinde İstanbul'da dünyaya geldi. Mardinli bir ailenin çocuğudur. Babası avukat İsmail Mungan, annesi Habibe Mungan'dır. İlk, orta ve lise yılları Mardin'de geçti; Mardin Lisesi'nden …
Karel Čapek is one of the the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He wrote with intelligence and humour on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known for their interesting and pre…
Auteur prolifique, Jean-Louis Fournier a toujours su mêler humour, culture et sincérité. Entre un frère polytechnicien et une soeur éducatrice spécialisée, il choisit la voie de l'humour et devient le…
Mehmet Arif Onat Kutlar, also known as Onat Kutlar, was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and one of the founders of the Istanbul International Film Festival. Onat K…
Doğan Cüceloğlu, kırktan fazla bilimsel makalesi yayınlanan bir psikolog ve çeşitli topluluklara bilimsel psikoloji çerçevesinde gelişim seminerleri sunan bir iletişim psikolojisi uzmanıdır. Çok sayıd…
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901 - 24 January 1962) was one of the most important modern novelists and essayists of Turkish literature. He was also a member of the Turkish parliament (the Grand Nati…
İlber Ortaylı (born 21 May 1947), is a leading Turkish historian, professor of history at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. Since 2005 he has been the head of…
Mine Söğüt (1968, İstanbul), Türk gazeteci, yazar.
Babası bir deniz subayı olan Mine Söğüt, ortaöğrenimini Kadıköy Kız Lisesi’inde tamamladığı 1985 yılında babasını kaybetti. Aynı yıl İstanbul Üniversi…
Türk jeolog ve profesör. 24 Mart 1955'te İstanbul'da doğdu. 1973 yılında Robert Kolej'i bitirdi. 1978'de State University of New York at Albany'den jeolog olarak mezun oldu ve aynı üniversiteden 1979'd…
