Julia Horeftari for Art-Sheep   Greetings, my brave reader. ‘Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?’ – "Going...

Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub is the 14th and current Dalai Lama, an important monk of the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was...

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), usually known by the honorific Mahatma, meaning "venerable" in Sanskrit, was an Indian pacifist, thinker and leader of the Indian...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdUwzU502I In this short excerpt from a Q&A as University of Virginia’s first Writer-in-Residence, Faulkner talks about The Sound and the Fury, and why it...

Italian writer and intellectual Umberto Eco, best known for his 1980s novel The Name of the Rose, dies aged 84. According to his family, the famous...

 Nationality: Russian Profession: Novelist Why Famous: Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment Born: 11th November, 1821 Star Sign: Scorpio Birthplace: Moscow, Russian Empire Died: 9th February, 1881 (aged 59) Cause of...

Thomas Hardy 2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 Place of birth: Stinsford, Dorset, England Best thing about him: One of England's major poets and novelists Most important...

Samuel Masters for Art-Sheep I find that there is a sort of allure and magic in second-hand books. Maybe it's the thrill of someone having...

Mark Twain (1835-1910) or Samuel Clemens, as his real name was, is considered one of the greatest American writers, called "the father of American...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_PC_8MYby0 The author of Peter Pan was famously short, as is evident in this 1931 footage, where Barrie unveils a statue of Henry James.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 Place of birth: Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, U.K. Best thing about him: One of the most...