Albert CAMUS [pronounced Albert Kamü] was born in Algeria in 1913. He left his philosophy education at the University of Algiers due to health reasons. He went to Paris in 1938, and his first works, The Other Side and The Wedding, were published during this period. His real entrance into the world of literature was…
George ORWELL was born in 1903 in Montihari, Bengal, India. After returning to England with his family, he completed his education at Eton College. Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur, served as an Indian Imperial Policeman between 1922-27. However, he resigned when he saw the true nature of the imperial method. His book, To…
Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna in 1881. He studied in Austria, France and Germany. He attracted attention with his anti-war personality. He lived in Salzburg between 1919-1934. He was forced to leave Salzburg due to Nazi oppression. He published his first poems in 1901. He is famous for his many essays, stories and long…
Sabahattin Ali was born on February 25, 1907 in Komotini and was killed on April 2, 1948 in Kırklareli. Sabahattin Ali, who graduated from the Istanbul Primary Teachers’ School, was sent to Germany by the Ministry of National Education in 1928 after teaching for one year in Yozgat. After returning in 1930, he taught German…
Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England in 1818. The fifth of six children, Emily was Charlotte Brontë’s younger sister. In 1820, the family moved to Haworth. During her childhood, after the death of their mother, the three sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) and their brother Branwell Brontë dreamed of imaginary places, the names…
Thomas Mann was born in Germany on June 6, 1875. He moved to Munich with his mother and brother in 1893. After doing a voluntary internship at the South German Fire Insurance Bank, he studied at the Technical University in 1895 and 1896. During World War I, Mann supported the conservatism of Kaiser Wilhelm II…
Jack London, America’s iconic novelist, short story writer and activist, is best known for his works “The Call of the Wild” published in 1903 and “White Fang” published in 1906. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. It is not known for sure whether Jack London’s mother Flora Wellman and…
Honoré de Balzac was born in France on May 20, 1799. He produced great works in the novel genre. He was a pioneer of Realism in a period when Romanticism dominated in the 19th century and produced works in this direction. It is seen that he presents the events of the time in a great…
Oğuz Atay was born on October 12, 1934 in the İnebolu district of Kastamonu. His father was Cemil Atay, a high criminal judge and Republican People’s Party (CHP) 6th and 7th term Sinop and 8th term Kastamonu deputy. Atay, who attended primary and secondary school in Ankara, graduated from Ankara Maarif College, now known as…
Victor Hugo (1802-1885): One of the greatest writers of French literature. He is known for his poems, plays and novels. He is the representative of the Romanticism movement in France. In addition to his enormous successes in literature, he also played an active role in political life, for which he was sentenced to exile, and…