Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher, literary critic, playwright and novelist. Known for his open relationship with fellow philosopher and feminist Simone de...

Samuel Masters for Art-Sheep Well, we all know that William Shakespeare was a very enigmatic figure, his life shrouded in mystery, even his date of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PQz9x_8uMg In this recording from 1950, Ernest Hemingway describes his novel Across the River and Into the Trees. He sounds drunk, which may explain the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlAC5JGJFXQ In 1958, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, interviewed crime writer Raymond Chandler for the BBC. This is the only recording of...

 While your Flavorwire editors take a much-needed holiday break, we'll spend the next two weekends revisiting some of our most popular features of the...

Jonathan Stone for Art-Sheep Marilyn Monroe, the blonde bombshell of the old Hollywood, is as famous for her photographs as she is for her film...

Samuel Beckett 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 Place of birth: Foxrock, Republic of Ireland Best thing about him:  He won the Nobel Prize for Literature...

Holly Williams for Art-Sheep Characterized by some as one of the masters of social commentary, English novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) is known for her biting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JzBqlijn3Q Here’s Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find" at Vanderbilt University in 1959.  

Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885) was one of the most renown and greatest French novelists. Also a poet and playwright, Hugo was part of...

Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Something shockingly true is that the gist of young children's education is the base of our world's future. And even though...

Truman Streckfus Persons (1924-1984), known by his pen name Truman Capote was an American author, playwright and screenwriter. His novella Breakfast at Tiffany's was...