Category: Writers

Miguel de Unamuno

(1864–1936) Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo Works: • Abel Sánchez (1917) • Amor y Pedagogía (1902) • Del sentimiento trágico de la vida (1913) ◊ Tragic Sense Of Life (English) • La Tía Tula (1921) • La voz de la…

Miguel de Cervantes

(1547–1616) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Works: • Don Quijote (1605) ◊ Älykkään ritarin Don Quijote de la Manchan elämänvaiheet (Finnish) ◊ Don Quichot van La Mancha (Dutch) ◊ Don Quixote (English) ◊ L’ingénieux chevalier Don Quichotte de la Manche (French) • Novelas…

Molière

(1622–1673) Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Works: ◊ Amphitryon (English) ◊ Don Garcia of Navarre; Or, the Jealous Prince (English) • Don Juan ou Le Festin de pierre (French) • L’Avare ou L’École du mensonge (French) • L’Étourdi ou Les Contretemps (French) • Le Mariage forcé…

Charles Dickens

(1812–1870) Charles John Huffam Dickens Works: • A Child’s Dream of a Star (1850) • A Child’s History of England (1853) • A Christmas Carol (1843) • A Christmas Carol. The original manuscript (English) ◊ Cantique de Noël (French) • A…

Friedrich Nietzsche

(1844–1900) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Works: • Also sprach Zarathustra (German) ◊ Thus Spoke Zarathustra (English) ◊ Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra (French) ◊ The Antichrist (English) ◊ The Case of Wagner (English) • Die Geburt der Tragödie (German) • Ecce Homo (German) • Götzen-Dämmerung (German) ◊ Homer…

John Keats

(1795–1821) Works: • Endymion: A Poetic Romance (English) • Lamia (English) • Letters of John Keats (English) • Poems 1817 (English) • Poems Published in 1820 (English) Quotes: • John Keats: Quotations   Born October 31 1795 London (England) Died February 23…

Stendhal

(1783–1842) Marie-Henri Beyle Works: • L’Abbesse De Castro (French) • Les Cenci (French) • La Chartreuse De Parme (French) • La Duchesse De Palliano (French) • La vie de Rossini, tome I (French) • La vie de Rossini, tome II…

Edmond-Victor Renoir

(1849–1944) Edmond Renoir in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade 1870 Getty Center, Los Angeles     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La loge 1874 Courtauld Institute Galleries, London     Renoir,…

Jean Renoir

(1894–1979) Filmography as Director: Nana 1926 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Jean Angelo, Catherine Hessling     Madame Bovary 1934 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir     Le Carrosse d’or 1952 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont     French Cancan…

Euripides

(c.480 BC–406 BC) Εὐριπίδης Works: • Άλκηστις (Greek) ◊ Alcestis (English) • Ανδρομάχη (Greek) • Ηλέκτρα (Greek) ◊ Electra (English) ◊ Elektra (Swedish) ◊ Helena (Swedish) ◊ Hippolytus; The Bacchae (English) • Ιφιγένεια εν Αυλίδι (Greek) ◊ Iphigeneia i Aulis…