Eugène Ionesco (French: [øʒɛn jɔnɛsko]; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈdʒen joˈnesku] (); 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and techniques of drama, beginning with his …

Biografia. Nasce a Boulogne-Billancourt, città poco distante da Parigi, il 30 luglio del 1945, figlio di Albert Modiano, francese di origini ebraico-italiane, e di Louisa Colpijn, un'attrice belga di etnia fiamminga.Studia dapprima in Alta Savoia, poi al Liceo Henri-IV di Parigi in classes préparatoires, cioè i due anni che seguono il baccalauréat. [In Francia si frequenta il liceo anche nei due anni …

Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.

The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today. It is considered one of the more prestigious international literary prizes, often compared with the Nobel Prize in Literature.The New York Times called the prize “The Oklahoma Nobel” in 1982 and …

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (French pronunciation: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit ʒɛʁmɛn maʁi dɔnadjø], 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for …

Premio Nobel per la letteratura 2005. Harold Pinter (Londra, 10 ottobre 1930 – Londra, 24 dicembre 2008) è stato un drammaturgo, regista teatrale, attore teatrale, sceneggiatore, scrittore e poeta britannico.. Ha scritto per teatro, radio, televisione e cinema.I suoi primi lavori sono considerati fra i capolavori del teatro dell'assurdo.Gli è stato assegnato il premio Nobel per la …

Ágota Kristóf (Csikvánd, 30 ottobre 1935 – Neuchâtel, 27 luglio 2011) è stata una scrittrice e drammaturga ungherese naturalizzata svizzera.. Come autrice, si è espressa quasi esclusivamente in francese, la sua seconda lingua, che non riuscirà mai a padroneggiare pienamente e senza errori, una circostanza che, nella narrazione autobiografica, portò la …

Václav Havel OC (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslav ˈɦavɛl] (); 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003 and was the first …

Italo Calvino (/ k æ l ˈ v iː n oʊ /, also US: / k ɑː l ˈ-/, Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).. Admired in Britain, Australia …

Die Schlacht auf dem Amselfeld (serbokroatisch Битка на Косову / Bitka na Kosovu, türkisch Kosova Meydan Muharebesi) fand am 15.Juni 1389 auf dem Amselfeld unweit Priština am Flusslauf des Lab im heutigen Kosovo statt. Das serbische Koalitionsheer unter der Führung des Fürsten Lazar Hrebeljanović sowie Vuk Brankovićs wurde durch eine Armee des mit Lazar …