Biographies

Selma Lagerlöfby Janin PisarekSelma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) is probably one of Sweden's most famous writers. Her contrasting works, influenced by the oral narrative tradition, belong to world literature. She was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature...

Johann Wolfgang von Goetheby Kassandra SchwämmleJohann Wolfgang von Goethe - a great name that most of us probably came across at school in the form of Faust. But Goethe's work not only includes the story around the legendary scholar, but also many other important...

Hans Christian AndersenMany of Andersen’s works do not seem to be conscious creations, but rather folk tales that speak to us from the darkness of time. And yet fairy tales such as “The Ugly Duckling” or “The Little Mermaid” are sublime works of art that were created...