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Author, Author is a novel by David Lodge, written in 2004. The book is based on the life of the author Henry James. It was released at about the same time as The Master by Colm Tóibín and other books about James, and Lodge wrote The Year of Henry James: The Story of a Novel about this.
- David Lodge
- 400 pages
- 2004
- October 7, 2004
15 de abr. de 2021 · Compiled by Noor Qasim. April 15, 2021. In 1984, The New York Times Book Review presented a group of writers under 40 with a simple challenge: Name the writer or writers who have most...
25 de jan. de 2021 · 25 Great Writers and Thinkers Weigh In on Books That Matter. To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and...
- Euclides Da Cunha, 1866 – 1909
- Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, 1839 – 1908
- Jorge Amado, 1912 – 2001
- Clarice Lispector, 1920 – 1977
- Hilda Hilst, 1930 – 2004
- Rubem Fonseca, 1925 – 2020
- Paulo Coelho, 1947 –
- Moacyr Scliar, 1937 – 2011
- Adriana Lisboa, 1970 –
- Bernardo Carvalho, 1960 –
Euclides da Cunhais one of Brazi’s most respected 19th-century writers. Cunha was born in Rio de Janeiro and built a successful career as a soldier, sociologist, engineer, and author. Although Euclides da Cunha was born several decades after Brazil successfully kicked out the Portuguese, the country continued to suffer severe socio-economic turmoil...
Born in Rio de Janeiro a decade after Brazilian independence, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assisis one of the founders of Brazil’s literary movement as an independent country. He is primarily known for his poetry, short stories, and novels. Joaquim was born into a humble family and lost his mother at an early age. Despite receiving no formal education,...
Jorge Amado is one of the best-known Brazilian writers on the global stage, as his work has been translated into more than 40 languages. He started writing at an early age, and at 18, he published his first novel, The Country Of Carnival. Amado grew up on a plantation in the Brazilian state of Bahia, and much of his work integrates his early life e...
The Ukrainian-Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector is a 20th-century novelist and short story writer born to Jewish parents in Soviet-ruled Ukraine USSR who fled to Brazil to escape persecution. She went on to study law but was distracted from her legal career by her passion for writing. She became a respected journalist when Pan Magazine published h...
Hilda Hilst, the 20th-century Brazilian novelist, playwright, and poet, was one of the leading female Brazilian authors who often explored themes of women’s rights, sexual liberation, and insanity. Her reason for focusing on insanity stems from the fact that her father, a coffee plantation holder, had schizophrenia. While her interest in women’s ri...
The Brazilian novelist and short story writer Rubem Fonsecawas born in Minas Gerais and worked as a police commissioner before becoming a professional writer. As a police officer, Fonseca got to know the darker side of Brazilian society in the middle of the 20th century when the city where he worked, Rio de Janeiro, was a hotspot for violent crime....
The Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho is one of Latin America’s most well-known literary figures. His work has been translated into dozens of languages, and he’s sold over 30 million copies.He uses bizarre lead characters to build fantastic stories that weave together aspects of fantasy with hard truths about life and profound ideas about the meaning o...
Moacyr Scliar was born to Jewish parents in Eastern Europe who fled to Brazil to escape Nazi persecution. He was born in Porto Alegre, a part of Brazil well-known for its large German population, which grew after the end of World War II. His work focuses on the Jewish experiencein Brazil in the 20th century. Scliar published over 100 works during h...
The Brazilian writer from Rio de Janeiro, Adriana Lisboa, has already impacted Brazilian literature and is expected to release plenty more fantastic books in the second half of her career. At a young age, Adriana Lisboa moved to France to study and later settled down in the United States. She’s experienced life on three continents, so her novels of...
Bernardo Carvalhois a prolific Brazilian writer who has written several very popular short stories and managed to publish eight novels in just thirteen years. Carvalho started writing as a journalist and a correspondent in New York and Paris. His work generally taps into some of the sadder aspects of modern life with protagonists who are frustrated...
16 de nov. de 2021 · Colleen Hoover is a notable author on this list because she is the first author to ever write a self-published novel that made it to #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. That novel was Hopeless, but the novel Hoover is probably best-known for now is Verity, which you’ve probably seen all over BookTok.
31 de jan. de 2021 · Caleb Azumah Nelson. Open Water (Viking, 4 February) Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer. Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut is a tender and touching love story, beautifully told. Open Water explores the...
9 de jan. de 2020 · Megan Miranda: The bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda writes thrillers that keep you wondering what will happen next—all the way up to the last-minute plot twist. Her latest book, The Last House Guest, is a chilling tale of two friends, Avery Greer and Sadie Loman, who might as well come from different worlds.
