Literature
Pablo Neruda – Biographical
Biographical
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose real name is Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was born on 12 July, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. His father was a railway employee and his mother, who died shortly after his birth, a teacher. Some years later his father, who had then moved to the town of Temuco,…
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Biobibliografisk notis
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Swedish Gao Xingjian, född 4 januari 1940 i Ganzhou (Jiangxiprovinsen) i östra Kina, numera fransk medborgare. Prosaist, översättare, dramatiker, regissör, kritiker och konstnär. Gao växte upp i efterdyningarna av den japanska invasionen, fadern var bankman, modern amatörskådespelerska, hon väckte tidigt Gaos intresse för teater och skriverier. Han fick sin grundutbildning i Folkrepublikens skolor och avlade…
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French L’écrivain britannique, né en Trinidad, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul est né en 1932 à Chaguanas, près de Port of Spain à Trinidad, dans une famille de descendants d’immigrants originaires du nord de l’Inde. Son grand-père était coupeur de canne, son père journaliste et écrivain. À l’âge de 18 ans, Naipaul se rend en Angleterre où…
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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Per Hallström Permanent Secretary of the , on December 10, 1938 Pearl Buck once told how she had found her mission as interpreter to the West of the nature and being of China. She did not turn to it as a literary speciality at all; it came to her naturally. «It is…
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