Meša Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Меша Селимовић; pronounced [mɛ̌ːʃa sɛlǐːmɔʋitɕ]; born Mehmed Selimović; April 26, 1910 – July 11, 1982) was a Yugoslav writer. His works are considered very important in Bosnian and Serbian literature. Common themes in his writing include how individuals relate to authority, the meaning of life and death, and other big questions about life.
Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Андреј Николаидис; Greek: Ανδρέας Νικολαΐδης; born May 7, 1974) is a Montenegrin and Bosnian novelist, columnist, and political adviser. His novel Sin (The Son) won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2011. The English version was published in 2013 by Istros Books in the United Kingdom.
Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић; born Ivan Andrić; October 9, 1892 – March 13, 1975) was a Yugoslav writer who wrote novels, poems, and short stories. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His books mainly focused on life in his home country of Bosnia during the time when the Ottoman Empire ruled there.
Brian Burland was born on April 23, 1931, and passed away on February 11, 2010. He was a writer from Bermuda who authored nine well-known novels. His stories often explored themes such as colonialism, family conflicts, and race.
Angela Barry, originally named Richards, is a Bermudian writer and teacher. She lived in several countries outside Bermuda for over 20 years, including England, France, The Gambia, Senegal, and Seychelles. She returned to Bermuda in the 1990s and has worked mainly as a lecturer since that time.
Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou was born on September 15, 1955, in Porto-Novo, Benin. She is a writer from Benin and serves as Benin’s General Secretary for UNESCO.
Richard Dogbeh (1932–November 23, 2003), born Gbèmagon Richard Dogbeh in what is now Benin, was a writer and teacher. He worked as an assistant director in Benin’s National Ministry of Education from 1963 to 1966. He also participated in the International Advisory Committee for Libraries and Archives.
Florent Couao-Zotti was born in 1964. He is a writer who creates comics, plays, and short stories. He lives in Cotonou, Benin.
Berthe-Evelyne Agbo is a writer from Benin who has written poems in French. As a child, she lived in Saint-Louis, Senegal. She attended elementary and high school in Touraine, France, before studying at Université de Dakar.
Emory King was born on February 22, 1931, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, and died on August 14, 2007. He claimed to be a Belizean historian, author, and journalist. He worked in many different roles for Belize, including as the National Film Commissioner.