Robert Sabatier, one of the most important figures in French publishing, led a literary life spanning half a century in which he was both a witness and an actor. Sabatier, a novelist, poet and one of the poor and orphaned children of Montmartre, who recounts his childhood in the unforgettable Olivier’s story, still maintains his great success achieved with Swedish Matches. Sabatier, member of the Goncourt Academy and author of the incomparable History of French Poetry, has left us the story of a man with a passion for words and life.
Born in Russia in 1957, Andreï Makine is the author of a major, multi-award-winning body of work: Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des lycéens and Prix Médicis for Le testament français in 1995, grande médaille de la francophonie in 2000, Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco for his body of work in 2005, Prix Mondial Cino-del Duca in 2014. In 2016, Andreï Makine was elected to the Académie française. His work has been translated into almost forty languages.”
Maria Grazia Calandrone is a poet, playwright, journalist, performer and novelist based in Rome. She presents cultural programs on RAI and Corriere TV and writes literary criticism for the papers Poesia, il manifesto, Corriere della Sera and 7. She also leads poetry workshops in schools, prisons, and mental health units.
Calandrone’s books include: Pietra di paragone (Tracce, 1998 – Nuove Scrittrici Award), La scimmia randagia (Crocetti, 2003 – Pasolini Award), Come per mezzo di una briglia ardente (Atelier, 2005) La macchina responsabile (Crocetti, 2007), Sulla bocca di tutti (Crocetti, 2010 – Napoli, Sassari and Prata Awards), Atto di vita nascente (LietoColle, 2010), La vita chiara (transeuropa, 2011), Serie fossile (Crocetti, 2015), Gli Scomparsi – storie da ‘Chi l’ha visto?’ (Pordenonelegge, 2016), Il bene morale (Crocetti, 2017), Giardino della gioia (Mondadori, 2019) and the autobiographical novels Dove non mi hai portata (Einaudi 2022) and Splendi come vita (Ponte alle Grazie, 2021) which was longlisted for the Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award and was translated by Patricia Peterle and Andrea Santurbano for Relicário Edições (Brilha como vida, Brasil 2022) and by Antonella Lettieri for Foundry Editions (Your little matter, London 2024).
Her translated poetry appears in Fossils (SurVision, Ireland, 2018), Sèrie Fòssil (Edicions Aïllades, Ibiza, 2019 – translated by Nora Albert), the Arabic anthology Questo corpo questa luce (al-Mutawassit, Damascus, 2020), the portuguese one A vida inteira (Editora Urutau, São Paulo, Brasil 2022 – translated by Patricia Peterle) and the albanian one Frymë njerëzore (Fenix, Tiranë 2023 – translated by Denata Ndreca).
She has also written short stories, present in numerous anthologies, and edited and introduced Nella Nobili’s poetry volume, Ho camminato nel mondo con l’anima aperta (Solferino, 2018), Dino Campana’s Preferisco il rumore del mare (Ponte alle Grazie, 2019) and Versi di libertà – Trenta poetesse da tutto il mondo (Oscar Mondadori 2022). In 2017 she appeared in Donatella Baglivo’s documentary ll futuro in una poesia and in Israeli filmmaker Omri Lior’s Poems With a View project. Her poetry has been translated into over twenty languages.
1962’de Çanakkale’nin Çan ilçesinde doğdu. 1979’da Edirne Kız Öğretmen Lisesinden, 1984’te Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümünden mezun oldu. 1985-1990 yılları arasında Çanakkale Seramik Fabrikalarında bilgi işlem merkezinde çalıştı. 1990’dan itibaren Milli Eğitim Bakanlığına bağlı liselerde Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı öğretmeni olarak görev yaptı. 2006’da emekli olduktan sonra altı yıl özel öğretim kurumlarında çalıştı.
Son beş yılını sanat tarihi öğrenmeye adayan Seyhan Can’ın şiirlerini, gezi yazılarını, okuduklarıyla ilgili izlenimlerini yayınladığı bir web sitesi var. (https://scan17.wordpress.com/) Bazı yazıları; “Edebiyatburada”, “Parşömen Fanzin”, “Yazı Dükkanı”, “Edebiyat Haber” “edebiyatkolektifi”… gibi sanal edebiyat dergilerinde yer aldı.
Scilla Bonfiglioli was born in 1983 in Bologna, where she still resides and works as an Aikido instructor. She holds a degree in Theatre Disciplines and Theatre History from Alma Mater Studiorum. Bonfiglioli has worked for many years as an actress, director, and playwright. Following in the footsteps of her mother, who was a tour guide, she developed an early interest in art history, particularly in figurative arts and the stories of artists from all periods and countries.
Yasemin Çalıkır, Ankara Özel Tevfik Fikret Lisesi ve Hacettepe Üniversitesi Fransızca Mütercim Tercümanlık Bölümünden mezun olmuştur. Eğitimine İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümünde devam etmektedir.
İlk romanı Suskunluk Acının Çığlığı, Evrim Sanat tarafından 1995’te yayımlandı. Aynı yıl, Mülkiyeliler Birliği tarafından düzenlenen Şinasi Özdenoğlu Şiir Yarışmasında İkincilik Ödülü aldı. İlk çocuk kitabı Ella ve Yoyo’nun Yuvası2018’de, Bahti adlı kısa öyküsü Köpek Öyküleriderlemesi olarak 2021’de, ikinci çocuk kitabı Sincap Bo ise 2021’de yayımlandı. Yazar, Eriken Yayınları bünyesinde çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.
Yasemin Çalıkır graduated from Ankara Private Tevfik Fikret High-School and Hacettepe University, Department of Translation and Interpretation. She continues her education in Istanbul University, Political Science and International Relations Department.
Her first novel Suskunluk Acının Çığlığı(Reticency is the Cry of Pain) was published by Evrim Sanat, in 1995. The same year, she was awarded the Second Prize in Şinasi Özdenoğlu Poetry Competition organized by Mülkiyeliler Birliği (Association of Political Science Graduates). Her first children’s book Ella ve Yoyo’nun Yuvası (Ella and Yoyo’s Home) was published in 2018, her short story Bahti in 2021 as a part of a compilation titled Köpek Öyküleri(Dog Stories), her second children’s book Sincap Bo (Squirrel Bo) in 2021. The writer continues her studies as a part of Eriken Publications.
Bilge SEZER, 1967 senesinde doğdu. Gazi Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi’nden 1989 yılında mezun olmuştur.1988-1990 arası çeşitli ofislerde mimar olarak çalışmış, sonra 1990-1994 yılları arasında Ankara Yenimahalle Belediyesi’nde yönetici olarak görev yapmıştır.1994 ‘de kamudaki görevinden ayrılıp, BİLGE SEZER MİMARLIK OFİSİ’ nikurmuştur.
Serbest büro çalışmaları devam ederken 2000-2002 arası (Yozgat) Erciyes Üniversitesi Müh. Mimarlık Fak. Mimarlık Bölümü’nde yarı zamanlı olarak proje derslerinde eğitmenlik yapmıştır. Ayrıca resmî kurumlar ve yerel yönetimler için danışmanlık görevinde de bulunmuştur. Mimarlık ile edebiyatın bütünleşmiş sanat dalları olduğunu düşünmektedir.
Kitap okuma ve değerlendirme üzerine çeşitli etkinlikler yapmakta, blog sayfası ve çeşitli dergiler için sosyal içerikli yazılar hazırlamaktadır. Ayrıca 2018 yılında, radyo program yapımcısı Özgür AKSUNA ile birlikte OKU DÜŞÜN KİTAP GÜNLERİ adlı edebiyat kulübünü kurmuştur. Etkinlikler aylık periyodlarla gerçekleşmektedir.
Mimarlığın yanında edebiyata olan ilgisini korumuş, mesleğinin yanı sıra yazarlık yolunda da ilerlemeye karar vermiştir. İlk romanı olan “NerVera” yı pandemi günlerini içine alan 2020-2022 yılları arasında yazmıştır.
Serbest mimar,yazar ve yayıncı olarak çalışmaya devam etmekte olup, bir çocuk annesidir.
Bilge Sezer was born in 1967. Sezer has graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Architecture. She worked in a variety of offices during 1988-1990 as an architect, followed by officiating an executive role at Ankara YenimahalleMunicipality. In 1994, after resigning from her civil servant duties, Sezer established Bilge Sezer Architectural Office.
While enduring her freelance office duties, in between 2000-2002 Sezer has been a part of ı (Yozgat)Erciyes University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture/Architecture Department as a part-time lecturer of project courses.Concurrently, she provided consultancy for authorized institutions and local governments.
Sezer believes that architecture and literature are integrated fields of art. Currently, she performs different activities on literary reading and assessment while supplying social content-based articles for blog pages and diverse magazines.Additionally, in 2018, together with radio program producer Özgür Aksuna, she inaugurated the literary society “Oku Düşün Kitap Günleri” where gatherings are held at monthly intervals.
Sezer preserved her interest in literature along with architecture and decided to follow the path of bookcraft and authorship besides her professional career. Her first novel “Nervera” was indited during the years of 2020-2022 encompassing the pandemic era.
Currently extending her work as an architecture, an author and publisher, Sezer is also a mom of one.
Chiara Valerio 1978 yılında Scauri’de doğdu ve Roma’da yaşıyor. Denemeler, romanlar ve kısa öyküler yayımlamıştır: La gioia piccola d’esser quasi salvi (2009), Spiaggia libera tutti (2010), Il cuore non si vede (2019), La matematica è politica (2020), Nessuna scuola mi consola(2021), Così per sempre (2022), La tecnologia è religione(2023). Sellerio ile Chi dice e chi tace (2024).
Chiara Valerio was born in Scauri in 1978 and lives in Rome. She has published essays, novels, and short stories, including: La gioia piccola d’esser quasi salvi (2009), Spiaggia liberatutti (2010), Il cuore non si vede (2019), La matematica è politica (2020), Nessuna scuola mi consola (2021), Così persempre (2022), La tecnologia è religione (2023). With SellerioChi dice e chi tace (2024).
Chiara Valerio è nata a Scauri nel 1978 e vive a Roma. Ha pubblicato saggi, romanzi, racconti, tra cui: La gioia piccolad’esser quasi salvi (2009), Spiaggia libera tutti (2010), Ilcuore non si vede (2019), La matematica è politica (2020), Nessuna scuola mi consola (2021), Così persempre (2022), La tecnologia è religione (2023). ConSellerio Chi dice e chi tace (2024).
Szabolcs Benedek was born in Budapest on March 18, 1973. He grew up in Szolnok, a city in the Hungarian Great Plains, and graduated from the Budapest University of Economics. His first short story was published in 1990. His short stories, essays, reviews and other writings can be regularly read in daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and online. His first book was published in 1997, and since then nearly 30 have followed. His writings have appeared also in many anthologies.
He was a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Eső. He also edited some fiction and non-fiction books and made translations. He spent a long time on literary scholarship in Croatia on several occasions. One of his novels (The Fiume shark) was published in Croatian. Also, some of his short stories were translated into Serbian and Italian language.
Michal Ajvaz was born in 1949 in Prague, his father was a Crimean Karaim and his mother was an Austrian Czech. He published eight works of fiction and also an essay on Jacques Derrida, a book about Edmund Husserl’s philosophy, as well as a book-length meditation on Jorge Luis Borges called The Dreams of Grammars, the Glow of Letters, and a philosophical study, Jungle of Light: Meditations on Seeing. He also wrote a couple of books together with Ivan M. Havel, e.g. Rooms at the Sea / Pokoje u moře. His latest work is The Cosmos as a Self-Creating / Kosmos jako sebeutváření.