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Gregor von Rezzori

Gregor von Rezzori was born in 1914 in Chernivtsi in the Bukovina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now part of Ukraine. In an extraordinarily peripatetic life von Rezzori was succesively an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and Soviet citizen and then, following a period of being stateless, an Austrian citizen.

The great theme of his work was the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual world in which he grew up and which the wars and ideologies of the twentieth century destroyed. His major works include The Death of My Brother Abel, Memoirs of an Anti-Semite and his autobiographical masterpiece The Snows of Yesteryear.

He died in his home in Donnini, Italy in 1998.

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Carson McCullers

Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South.
McCullers's work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her Southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. A stage adaptation of her novel The Member of the Wedding (1946), which captures a young girl's feelings at her brother's wedding, made a successful Broadway run in 1950–51.

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Erin Litteken

Erin Litteken is an international bestselling author of historical fiction. Her debut, THE MEMORY KEEPER OF KYIV, has been translated into eighteen languages and was the 2022 winner of the She Reads Best Historical Fiction Award and the 2023 Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award. With a degree in history and a passion for research, Erin draws inspiration from her family roots, and in particular, her great-grandmother’s stories about life in Ukraine before, after, and during WWII. She lives outside of St. Louis with her husband and two children. For more information about Erin and her books, visit www.erinlitteken.com

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Rvīns Varde

Rvīns Varde (1985) – publicists, putnu fotogrāfs. Bijis žurnāla "Rīgas Laiks" šifrētājs un slejas "Vardes saraksts" autors. Publicējies izdevumos "Benji Knewman", "Domuzīme", interneta žurnālā "Satori" un citur. Regulārs dažādu lasījumu dalībnieks. Savulaik bijis notiesāts par literāru tekstu un izcietis sodu piespiedu darbu formā. 2020. gadā ieguvis Latvijas Literatūras gada balvu kategorijā "Spilgtākā debija literatūrā" par dokumentālās īsprozas skiču krājumu "Kas te notiek" (2019). 2025. gadā iznākusi otrā grāmata "Kur tu biji".

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Max Hermens

Max Hermens (1991) is schrijver en docent Creative Writing. Hij publiceerde eerder werk in onder meer De Gids, Das Magazin en De Optimist. Met zijn chapbook 'Toch zonken ze
niet' oogstte hij veel lof. 'Het verdwijnen van Ferdi Heijen' is zijn debuutroman. Hij groeide op in een klein Limburgs dorp.

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Takis Würger

Takis Würger, geboren 1985, ist Redakteur beim Nachrichtenmagazin »Der Spiegel«. Im Alter von 28 Jahren ging er nach England, um an der Universität von Cambridge Ideengeschichte zu studieren. Dort boxte er als Schwergewicht für den Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club und wurde Mitglied in verschiedenen studentischen Klubs.

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Toxische Pommes

Toxische Pommes heißt im wahren Leben Irina und arbeitet als Juristin in Wien. Sie hat Hunderttausende Follower auf TikTok und Instagram und spielt ihr Kabarettprogramm "Ketchup, Mayo & Ajvar - Die sieben Todsünden des Ausländers" vor ausverkauften Häusern in Österreich und Deutschland.

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Charlotte Gneuß

Charlotte Gneuß, 1992 in Ludwigsburg geboren, studierte Soziale Arbeit in Dresden, literarisches Schreiben in Leipzig und szenisches Schreiben in Berlin. Sie veröffentlicht in Literaturmagazinen, ist Gastautorin von »ZEIT Online«, war u. a. bei Textwerkstätten der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung und der Kölner Schmiede geladen, ist Gewinnerin des Leonhard-Frank-Stipendiums für neue Dramatik und Herausgeberin der Anthologie »Glückwunsch«, die bei Hanser Berlin erschien. Immer wieder nähert sich Gneuß schreibend der DDR, der Realität und der Utopie, in der ihre Eltern aufwuchsen und die es heute nicht mehr gibt. Ihr Debütroman »Gittersee« wurde mit dem Literaturpreis der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung 2023 ausgezeichnet und steht auf der Longliste für den Deuts

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Erin Litteken

Erin Litteken is an international bestselling author of historical fiction. Her debut, THE MEMORY KEEPER OF KYIV, has been translated into eighteen languages and was the 2022 winner of the She Reads Best Historical Fiction Award and the 2023 Women's Fiction Writers Association Star Award. With a degree in history and a passion for research, Erin draws inspiration from her family roots, and in particular, her great-grandmother’s stories about life in Ukraine before, after, and during WWII. She lives outside of St. Louis with her husband and two children. For more information about Erin and her books, visit www.erinlitteken.com

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Caroline Wahl

Caroline Wahl (born 1995 in Mainz) is a German author. Her debut novel, 22 Bahnen, was published in April 2023 by DuMont Buchverlag. After her school days, she studied German studies and German literature in Tübingen and Berlin. After that and among other things, she worked as a publishing assistant of the Diogenes Verlag in Zürich. Her love of the sea led her to Northern Germany in 2022 where she worked for a communications agency in Rostock. Since the success of her debut novel, she lives as an independent author in the Hansestadt.

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Kristine Bilkau

Kristine Bilkau, born in 1974, studied History and Literature at Hamburg University and Tulane University, New Orleans. Her debut novel „Die Glücklichen" (The Happy Ones) about an urban family getting into the turmoils of financial crisis was awarded best debut novel of the year 2015 with the Klaus-Michael-Kühne-Preis and the Franz-Tumler-Literaturpreis, praised both by reviewers and readers, and translated into Dutch, French and Italian. Her second novel „Eine Liebe, in Gedanken" (A love in thoughts) came out in March 2018 telling a love story about a young couple in the early sixties trying to escape the constrictions and repression of german post-war society.
Kristine Bilkau lives in Hamburg.

Kristine Bilkau, 1974 geboren, studierte Geschi

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Claire Berest

Claire Berest, née le 14 juillet 1982 à Paris, est une écrivaine française.
Diplômée d'un Institut universitaire de formation des maîtres (IUFM), elle enseigne quelque temps en ZEP avant de démissionner. Claire Berest a publié son premier roman, Mikado, en janvier 2011 aux éditions Léo Scheer. Son deuxième roman, L' Orchestre vide, s'inspire de l'histoire d'amour vécue avec le chanteur canadien Buck 65.
Son compagnon est l'écrivain Abel Quentin.
Avec sa sœur Anne Berest, elle co-écrit en 2017, Gabriële, en hommage à leur arrière grand-mère Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia.
Son dernier roman, Rien n'est noir, met en scène Frida Kahlo et Diego Rivera.

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Daniela Krien

Daniela Krien, geboren 1975 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, studierte Kulturwissenschaften, Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaften und arbeitete unter anderem als Drehbuchautorin und Cutterin. Sie lebt mit ihrem Mann und zwei Töchtern in Leipzig.

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Nils Sakss

Nils Sakss (Konstantinovs) mācījies spēlēt amerikāņu futbolu Amerikā, kino režiju - Francijā, teātra mākslu - Pēterburgā, strādājis par pludmales glābēju Dubajā, par sanitāru Ģaiļezera slimnīcā Rīgā, bijis bērnu sporta treneris Anglijā, laikrakstu "Diena" un "Dienas Bizness" žurnālists, kā arī izveidojis izdevniecību "Severīns".

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Zyta Rudzka

Polska dramatopisarka, pisarka, poetka, publicystka, autorka scenariuszy filmów dokumentalnych, psychoterapeutka wyspecjalizowana w poradnictwie z zakresu seksuologii. Zaczynała jako poetka. W r. 1989 ogłosiła tomik wierszy Ruchoma rzeczywistość, z czasem objawiła się jako prozatorka, wydając – bardzo dobrze przyjętą przez krytykę – powieść Białe klisze (1993). Już wówczas doszedł do głosu charakterystyczny dla Rudzkiej styl narracji powieściowej – silnie zmetaforyzowany, zorganizowany wokół archetypów i symboli, zrodzony zapewne z inspiracji psychoanalitycznych. Pisarka chętnie umieszcza swej opowieści w umownych realiach, lubi wszelkiego typu uniwersalizacje, zwłaszcza te, które mówią o spotkaniu kobiety i mężczyzny, do jakiego dochodzi j

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Ewald Arenz

Der Autor Ewald Arenz kam 1965 in Nürnberg zur Welt und studierte englische und amerikanische Literatur und Geschichte. Seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre ist er als Autor tätig und hat neben einigen Glossen und Kindergeschichten auch Theaterstücke und historische Kriminalromane.
Er ist mittlerweile einer der produktivsten und erfolgreichsten Schriftsteller Süddeutschlands, dessen Gesamtauflage weit über 120.000 verkaufte Bücher zählt.

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Daniel Glattauer

Daniel Glattauer, geboren 1960 in Wien, studierte Pädagogik (Diplomarbeit “Das Böse in der Erziehung”). Zunächst Hobby-Literat, -Liedermacher und Kellner, später Journalist, zuerst Redakteur bei der Presse, dann zwanzig Jahre Autor bei der österreichischen Tageszeitung „Der Standard“. Zwischendurch und jetzt erst recht: Schriftsteller. Verheiratet, ein großes Kind, leider keinen Hund mehr, dafür fünf indische Laufenten im Landhaus im niederösterreichischen Waldviertel.

Bücher (u.a.): „Die Ameisenzählung“ (2001), „Darum“ (2003), „Die Vögel brüllen“ (2004), „Der Weihnachtshund“ (Neuausgabe 2004), „Schauma mal” (2009), „Theo. Antworten aus dem Kinderzimmer (2010)”, „Ewig Dein” (2012) und „Die Wunderübung” (2014).

Mit seinen beiden Romanen „Gut g

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Martin Suter

Martin Suter is a Swiss author. He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper (1992–2004), now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ Folio". Suter has published seven novels, for which he received various awards. He is married and lives in Spain and Guatemala.

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Wolf Haas

Wolf Haas is the author of nine books in the bestselling Detective Brenner mystery series, three volumes of which have been made into popular German-language films. Among other prizes, the Brenner books have been awarded the German thriller prize and the 2004 Literature Prize from the City of Vienna.

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Pascal Mercier

Pascal Mercier is the pseudonym of Peter Bieri, a Swiss writer and philosopher.
Bieri studied philosophy, English studies and Indian studies in both London and Heidelberg.

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Clemens J. Setz

Clemens J. Setz wurde 1982 in Graz geboren, wo er Mathematik sowie Germanistik studierte und heute als Übersetzer und freier Schriftsteller lebt. 2011 wurde er für seinen Erzählband Die Liebe zur Zeit des Mahlstädter Kindes mit dem Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse ausgezeichnet. Sein Roman Indigo stand auf der Shortlist des Deutschen Buchpreises 2012 und wurde mit dem Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft 2013 ausgezeichnet. 2014 erschien sein erster Gedichtband Die Vogelstraußtrompete.

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Jānis Baltvilks

Jānis Baltvilks dzimis 1944. gada 24. jūlijā Latvijā, Smārdes pagasta „Zīlītēs”. Beidzis Tukuma 1. vidusskolu (1962). Mācījies Latvijas Valsts Universitātes Bioloģijas fakultātē (1962-1965, 1966-1967), absolvējis Latvijas Lauksaimniecības akadēmijas Agronomijas fakultāti (1972), strādājis par ornitologu. Strādājis laikrakstā „Padomju Jaunatne” (1975-1976), izdevniecības „Liesma” bērnu literatūras redakcijā (1976-1979), laikrakstā skolēniem „Pionieris” (1986-1987), žurnālā bērniem „Zīlīte” (1987-2003), bērnu grāmatu izdevniecībā “Zaļais Circenis” (2000-2003)
Latvijas Rakstnieku savienības un IBBY Latvijas nodaļas biedrs, piedalījies domubiedru kustībā “Dižkoku atbrīvotāju grupa”. Saņēmis Ojāra Vācieša prēmiju dzejā, divas reizes ieguvis bērnu

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Anete Grīnberga

Anete Grīnberga (1996) ieguvusi izglītību Latvijas Mākslas akadēmijas animācijas nodaļā, tomēr viņai radusies vēlme iztēlotos varoņus iedzīvināt nevis zīmējumos, bet gan romānā. Brīvos brīžus vislabprātāk pavada gleznojot un pastaigās atklājot pamestas spocīgas ēkas, bet ikdienā nodarbojas ar mākslas stundu pasniegšanu.

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Arek Kowalik

Autor zbioru opowiadań „Dźwięki ptaków” (ArtRage 2025). Publikował w „Piśmie”, „Tekstualiach” i „Stronie Czynnej”. W ramach stypendium artystycznego m.st. Warszawy pracuje nad swoją pierwszą powieścią. Pochodzi z Dolnego Śląska, mieszka w Warszawie.

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Ana Pessoa

«ANA PESSOA
Nasceu em Lisboa em 1982 e começou a escrever histórias aos 10 anos.
Estudou Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (Estudos Portugueses e Alemães) na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa.
Saiu de Portugal com 22 anos para fazer um estágio de 6 meses na Alemanha e nunca mais voltou. Vive em Bruxelas desde 2007, onde trabalha como tradutora.

Tem contos publicados em várias coletâneas e textos premiados em Portugal (incluindo Jovens Criadores '10, Aveiro Jovem Criador 2010 e Jovens Criadores '12) e também noutras paragens (Concurso internacional de contos «Um mar de palavras» 2010, Espanha, Concurso Internacional de Teatro Castello di Duino 2011, Itália).
O seu primeiro livro, 'O caderno vermelho da rapariga karateca', venceu o Prémi

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Robert Grant

Robert Grant is a filmmaker, screenwriter, critic, and script consultant, based in London, with a penchant for science fiction and fantasy. He is one of the core team behind The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, serves as Literary Editor for SCI-FI-LONDON.com, and currently sits on the jury of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature, the most prestigious science fiction award the UK has to offer. Robert's first book, Writing The Science Fiction Film, is out now.

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Tobias Wolff

Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is a writer of fiction and nonfiction.

He is best known for his short stories and his memoirs, although he has written two novels.

Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught classes in English and creative writing since 1997. He also served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Stanford from 2000 to 2002.

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Tina Oziewicz

Tina Oziewicz is a Polish author and translator, graduate of Philosophy and English Literature at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. She never planned to become a writer, working as a translator, an academic and a teacher, yet it was in stories written for children that she’s found her voice and her way to ensoul the world, in accordance with her personal philosophy and her Buddhist perspective.

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Silvija Brice

Silvija Brice - viena no Latvijas jaudīgākajām tulkotājām, dzimusi 1958. gadā, absolvējusi Latvijas Universitātes Svešvalodu fakultāti, strādājusi dažādos Latvijas apgādos kā redaktore, pamatnodarbošanās – tulkošana. Publicēto tulkojumu kopskaits pārsniedz 150, tulkoto autoru vidū ir G. Grass. S. Rušdi, F. Kafka, H. Hese, V. Vulfa, M. Atvuda, A. Mērdoka, Dž. Orvels, S. Plāta, O. Hakslijs, E. Bērdžess, M. Kaningems, I. Makjuans, Dž. Keruaks, A. Kārtere u.c. Tulkojusi vairākus fundamentālus vēstures pētījumus (A. Bīvors, “Berlīnes krišana 1945”; V. Taubners, “Hruščovs un viņa laikmets”; R. Sērviss, “Ļeņins. Patiesā biogrāfija”; A. Bīvors, “Staļingrada”; Dž. Tolands, “Ādolfs Hitlers”; R.Dž. Evanss, “Trešā Reiha tapšana”; O. Faidžīss, “Čukstētā

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Eppu Nuotio

EN: Eppu Nuotio (real name Eija-Riitta Nuotio, maiden name Silvennoinen) is Finnish writer and actor. She grew up in Iisalmi and graduated from Iisalmi High School in 1981. Nuotio is married to musician and director Kurt Nuotio and has three children with him. The family lives in Southwest Finland.

Her literary work concentrates mainly to children's literature. Part of her adult literature are series Varkaus and Pii Marin.

As an actor she has worked in several TV series. She has also written columns to newspapers and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors since 2002. Nuotio has also worked as teacher of performing arts, translator, director and playwriter.

FI: Eppu Nuotio (oikealta nimeltään Eija-Riitta Nuotio o.s. Silvennoinen) on suomalainen

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Jesús Carrasco

Jesús Carrasco was born in Badajoz, Spain, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Out in the Open, his debut novel, was a huge bestseller in Spain, published in more than twenty-one countries, and is the winner of many international awards, including the European Union Prize for Literature 2016 and an English PEN award.

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Tanja Maljartschuk

Tania Maliarchuk began with several volumes of short stories and novellas: Adolfo's Endspiel, or A Rose for Liza (2004), From Top to Bottom: A Book of Fears (2006), How I Became a Saint (2006), To Speak (2007), and Zviroslov (2009). Her first novel, Biography of an Accidental Miracle, was published in 2012.

Maliarchuk has been writing in German since 2014. In 2018 she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Award for Frösche im Meer (Frogs in the Sea), an unpublished text she read at the Festival of German-Language Literature.

Her Ukrainian work has been translated into German since 2009 (Neunprozentiger Haushaltsessing, Biografie eines zufälligen Wunders, both by Residenz Verlag). Some has also been translated into English.[2][3] The short story "Me and M

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Nils Sakss

Nils Sakss (Konstantinovs) mācījies spēlēt amerikāņu futbolu Amerikā, kino režiju - Francijā, teātra mākslu - Pēterburgā, strādājis par pludmales glābēju Dubajā, par sanitāru Ģaiļezera slimnīcā Rīgā, bijis bērnu sporta treneris Anglijā, laikrakstu "Diena" un "Dienas Bizness" žurnālists, kā arī izveidojis izdevniecību "Severīns".

Ieguvis maģistra grādu teoloģijā.

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Miha Kovač

Miha Kovac is associate professor at the Department for Library and Information science and Book Studies, School of Arts, University of Ljubljana. His main research speciality are contemporary book markets.

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Claire Berest

Claire Berest, née le 14 juillet 1982 à Paris, est une écrivaine française.
Diplômée d'un Institut universitaire de formation des maîtres (IUFM), elle enseigne quelque temps en ZEP avant de démissionner. Claire Berest a publié son premier roman, Mikado, en janvier 2011 aux éditions Léo Scheer. Son deuxième roman, L' Orchestre vide, s'inspire de l'histoire d'amour vécue avec le chanteur canadien Buck 65.
Son compagnon est l'écrivain Abel Quentin.
Avec sa sœur Anne Berest, elle co-écrit en 2017, Gabriële, en hommage à leur arrière grand-mère Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia.
Son dernier roman, Rien n'est noir, met en scène Frida Kahlo et Diego Rivera.

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Andra Putnis

Andra is an Australian writer working to tell powerful stories to help us better understand our world and each other.

Her debut book reveals the incredible stories of how her two Latvian grandmothers lived through the terror of the Second World War and survived to immigrate to Australia.

Against the backdrop of our increasingly uncertain world, the book delves into why we need the stories of our grandmothers to better understand where we come from and who we want to be.

Andra lives in Canberra on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country with her partner and two children. She's loves spending time curled up reading or outside in the sun.

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Tomasz Różycki

Tomasz Różycki (ur. 29 maja 1970 w Opolu) - polski poeta, tłumacz, romanista, mieszka w Opolu. Laureat Nagrody Kościelskich, którą otrzymał za poemat "Dwanaście stacji" (2004). Publikował w licznych czasopismach w Polsce i za granicą. Jego wiersze tłumaczone były na wiele języków europejskich. Fragment utworu "Dwanaście stacji" stał się tematem rozszerzonej matury z języka polskiego w roku 2007. Tom "Kolonie" był nominowany do Literackiej Nagrody Nike w roku 2007 i znalazł się w finałowej siódemce tej nagrody. W 2010 roku został laureatem Nagrody "Kamień", przyznawanej podczas Festiwalu "Miasto Poezji".

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Jan Pelc

Jan Pelc had been living in exile in France from the year 1980 to 1989. He is permanently living in Prague from the year 1993. His core literary work is the novel … a bude hůř.

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Monika Helfer

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