Alberto Moravia – Italian Novelist

Sergio Vacchi – Portrait of Alberto Moravia, 1969. Oil on canvas, 90 x 100 cm. @ Casa Museo Alberto Moravia,

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Robert Walser, German – Swiss Writer

Originally published on the 12th December 2012. After a nervous breakdown in 1929, Robert Walser spent the remaining twenty-seven years

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Nikos Kavvadias: Embarking – Νίκος Καββαδίας: Μπαρκάροντας

Πιο πρόσφατη επιμέλεια: 12 Αυγούστου 2024 «Μα ο ήλιος αβασίλεψε κι ο αητός απεκοιμήθη και το βοριά το δροσερό τον

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Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part II: from 1890 to 1933

  Introduction It has been some time since I published the first part of Golo Mann’s “History of Germany since 1789”,

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What did Kierkegaard learn from his study of Socrates and how is it relevant in today’s world?

Kierkegaard, the eccentric Danish Philosopher of early 19th century, wrote his Master’s Thesis on Socrates’ “Concept of Irony.” This was not

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Witold Gombrowicz: Pornografia

Existentialism tries to re-establish value, while for me the “under-value,” the “insufficiency,” the “under-development,” are closer to man than any

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1001 Ways to Die (12) – Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, Colombian, Writer and Poet

Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo, one of my absolute favorite writers of all times, died on Sunday 22 September 2013 in Mexico City,

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Dr. Nikolaos G. Mavris – Δρ. Νικόλαος Γ. Μαυρής

Ο Νικολαος Μαυρης ηταν ο νονος μου. Τον εχω στην καρδια μου και ενθυμουμαι πολυ καλα τις συναντησεις μας. Επισης

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Greece: voices from the past

As Greece continues to suffer from the worst financial, social and political crisis since the civil war of 1945-1949, I

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Nikos Karouzos: The agony in front of nothingness – Νικος Καρουζος: Η αγωνια κατάντικρυ στο μηδεν

Ο ποιητης Νικος Καρουζος ταξιδεψε στον αλλο κοσμο την 28η Σεπτεμβριου 1990. The Greek poet Nikos Karouzos died twenty two

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