Antonio Moresco
Antonio Moresco is an Italian writer.
His first publications appeared late in his life, after he had been turned down by several publishers. In 1993, he published his first collection of short stories, Clandestinity, but his career-defining project is the monumental trilogy Games of Eternity, made up of Gli esordi (1998), Canti del caos (2009), and Gli increati (2015). He has published many other works, including short stories, children stories, and he has organized several collective marches throughout Italy and Europe, which have become the topics for some of his works.
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Faverón Patriau no solo es novelista, su formación como docente universitario, con estudios en literatura y crítica en Estados Unidos, le ha permitido desarrollar un enfoque analítico que trasciende lo meramente creativo. Como investigador académico ha profundizado en la crítica literaria y cultural, ofreciendo un diálogo constante entre el análisis teórico y la expresión literaria.
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Serbian: Tomas Man
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Claude Simon
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Pik-Shuen Fung
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Aliocha Coll
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Hijo del pintor Xavier Coll Compte, nació en Madrid pero se educó en Barcelona de donde procedía su familia, la cual tuvo una influencia decisiva en sus inquietudes artísticas. Debe su seudónimo a Aliosha, personaje central de Los hermanos Karamazov de Fiódor Dostoyevski, libro que su madre leía durante el embarazo.
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