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Juozas Aputis

Date of Birth: 08-12-1936

Date of Death: 28-02-2010

Birthplace: Balčiuose,

Raseiniųrajone

Nationality: Lithuanian

Jobs: Prose writer, translator

Works :

Flowering bee bread (1963)

Hogs running the horizon (1970)

Body Voice of clothing stories

(1991)

Prize: National Culture and Art

Prize (2005)

Juozas Aputis was a Lithuanian writer born in

Raseiniųrajone. He studied Lithuanian language and literature at

Vilnius University.

Body Voice of clothing stories : This is a short stories'

book. Each short story has its own characters. It’s a classic book

and the one that Juozas Aputis most enjoyed writing.

Curiosities: All characters of J. Aputis, regardless of their age,

background and profession, are being led by mystery of

existence, laws of universality of the living completeness and

the existential disquiet.

Quotes by Juozas Aputis: “Every life is like an overloaded

ship: even the smallest disturbance will make it overturn.”

Federico García Lorca

Date of birth: 05-06-1898

Date of death: 19-08-1936

Birthplace: Fuente Vaqueros,

Andalusia

Nationality: Spanish

Jobs: Poet, drama playwright and

theatre director

Works :

Quimera (1930 - theatre)

Ode a Salvador Dalí (1926 - poetry)

Songs (1927)

Blood Wedding (1933)

Yerma (1934)

Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish writer born in

Fuente Vaqueros, Andaluzia. He died in 1936 during the Spanish

Civil war.

Romancero gritano: In this book, Lorca shows Andalusia's

soul. It is formed by several poems, for example “Romance de

la luna”.

Curiosities: Federico Lorca was an activist of the Republic

and left wing. In 1936 Lorca found himself caught in the middle

of the Spanish Civil War. He was shot without trial by supporters

of General Francisco Franco on August 19 or 20, 1936, in

Granada.

Quotes by Federico Garcia Lorca: “The dream and

hope are two tranquilizers that nature provides to humans.”

“I always stand beside those who have nothing.”

Franz Kafka

Date of Birth: 03-07-1883

Date of death: 03-06-1924

Birthplace: Prague

Nationality: Czech

Jobs: Insurance officer, factory

manager, novelist, short story writer

Works :

The Trial

The Castle

Short stories

Franz Kafka was a Czech writer born Prague. He suffered

many diseases and he died victim of Tuberculosis in 1924.

Short stories: All stories represent a very colorful artistic

scale of his work. These short stories show Kafka´s view of the

world and life. The book consists of 40 short stories, that include

“The Metamorphosis” and it was the only work published during

his life.

Curiosities: He suffered from migraines, insomnia,

constipation, boils, and other ailments, all usually brought on by

excessive stresses and strains. He attempted to counteract all of

this by a regimen of naturopathic treatments, such as a

vegetarian diet and the consumption of large quantities of

unpasteurized milk. Despite all that, his tuberculosis worsened;

he returned to Prague, then went to Dr. Hoffmann sanatorium for

treatment.

Quotes by Franz Kafka: “There are two cardinal sins from

which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.”

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

Orhan Pamuk

Date of birth: 07-06-1952

Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey

Nationality: Turkish

Jobs: Novelist and screenwriter

Works :

The White Castle (1985)

The New Life (1995)

Snow (2002)

Prize: Literature Nobel (2006)

Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish writer born in Istanbul. He was

educated at Robert College secondary school in Istanbul and

went on to study architecture at the Istanbul Technical

University since it was related to his real dream career,

painting.

The Black book: Tells the story of an Istanbul lawyer named

Galip who finds that one day that his wife Rüya (the name

means "dream" in Turkish) has mysteriously left him.

Curiosities: Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan

Pamuk fulfilled his dream of opening the Museum of Innocence

as portrayed in his 2008 novel of the same name in the

Çukurcuma neighborhood in Istanbul. The museum displays

real and fabricated artifacts from everyday Turkish life between

1950 and 2000, in homage both to the novel and to Pamuk’s

beloved native city.

Quotes by Orhan Pamuk: “I don’t want to be a tree, I want

to be its meaning.”

“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”

“Painting taught literature to describe.”

José Saramago

Date of birth: 16-11-1922.

Date of death: 18-06-2010

Birthplace: Azinhaga, Portugal

Nationality: Portuguese

Jobs: Novelist, storyteller,

playwright, poet

Works:

The Gospel according to Jesus

Christ (1991)

Blindness (1995)

Baltasar and Blimunda(1982)

Prize: Literature Nobel (1998)

José Saramago was a Portuguese writer born in Azinhaga.

Jose Saramago is writer of the new generation of the romance in

Portugal. He dedicates himself, beyond the romance, to the

story and the theater, having its first dated productions of 1966.

He was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a

small village in the province of Ribatejo.

Baltasar and Blimunda: It is a love story set in the 18th

century with the construction of the Convent of Mafra, now one

of Portugal's chief tourist attractions, as a background. Two

young lovers interact naturally with historical characters

including the composer and harpsichordist Domenico

Scarlatti and the priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão, recognized

today as an aviation pioneer, all in the shadow of the Inquisition.

Curiosities: His personal opinions about religion caused

many controversies. In 1992, the Portuguese Government

ordered the removal of his book “The Gospel according to Jesus

Christ” from the European Literary Prize’s short list claiming

that the content of the book was religiously offensive.

Quotes by José Saramago: “Being a writer is a measure to

understand the world.”

“I think we are all blind. Blind people who can see but do not

see.”

“Reading is probably another way of being in a place.”

Antonio Tabucchi

Date of birth: 24-09-1943

Date of death: 25-03-2012

Birthplace: Vecchiano, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Jobs: Writer, Language and Literature

Portuguese teacher

Works (some examples):

The dark angel (1991)

Night Indian (1984)

Porto Pim Wife’s (1983)

Prizes:

French Prize “Médicis étranger”

Campiello Prize

Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer, born in writer born

in Vecchiano. His books and essays have been translated in 18

countries, including Japan. Several of his books were adapted to

the cinema. Pereira Maintains is an example.

Pereira Maintains: The novel is set in Portugal in the

summer of 1938, during Salazar's dictatorship. It tells the story

of Pereira, an old journalist of a Portuguese newspaper -

the Lisboa - who loves literature and practically spends all his

life for it.

Curiosities: He loved being and living in Portugal very much

and used to spend and live six months of the year in Lisbon with

his wife. He taught Portuguese Language and Literature at the

University of Siena, Italy. He was a great admirer of Fernando

Pessoa.

Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi: “As a writer, I’ve always

been interested in others.”

“I have always been drawn by tormented people full of

contradictions.”

Stanislaw Lem

Date of birth: 12-09-1921

Date of death: 27-03-2006

Birthplace: Kraków, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Jobs: Essayist, philosopher,

science fiction writer

Works:

Solaris (1961)

His Master’s Voice (1968)

Fiasco (1987)

Prize: Literary Prize (1973)

Stanislaw Lem was a Polish writer born in Kraków. His father

served the Austrian Army. He studied medicine, but he never

took his doctor degree. Stanislaw worked as a mechanic and as

a research assistant and he started writing in 1946.

Solaris: His novel Solaris was adapted to the cinema twice.

This book deals with the problem of human existence in the

world of the unknown. It tells the story of Planet Solaris that is

inhabited by a single Plasma Ocean organism which can

materialize human thoughts. When astronauts become more

aggressive in forcing contact with Solaris, it confronts them with

pushing the buttons of their most painful thoughts by recreating

their dead wives and relatives, bringing the dead back to life in

front of their eyes.

Curiosities: His books sold over 27 million copies in 41

languages.

Quotes by Stanislaw Lem: “A dream will always triumph

over reality, once it is given the chance.”

“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and

altogether impossible.”

“Good books tell the truth, even when they are about things that

never have been and never will be. They are truthful in a

different way.”

Literature

Literature is the art of written

work and it refers to published

sources. The word literature

means “things made from

letters” and it is commonly

classified as having two major

forms, fiction and non-fiction,

and two major techniques,

poetry and prose.

Literature consists of texts based

on factual information or in

imagination and it includes

several genres, like romance,

mystery, crime, fantasy, among

others

References Literature

Wikipedia. (2012). Literature. Retrieved on 3th November 2012

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature

Juozas Aputis

Portuguese and Lithuanian Comenius team

Federico Garcia Lorca

Texts and images

Portuguese and Spanish Comenius teams

Franz Kafka

Texts and images

Portuguese and Czech Comenius teams

Orhan pamuk

Texts:

Portuguese and Turkish Comenius teams

Images:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2007/may/29/hayfe

stivalpamukwithoutthe

Antonio Tabucchi

Texts:

Portuguese and Italian Comenius teams

Unknown. (2012). Facts about Antonio Tabucchi. Retrieved on 4th

November 2012 from:

http://www.fixquotes.com/authors/antonio-tabucchi.htm

Images: http://www.fnac.pt/Pereira-Maintains-Antonio-

Tabucchi/a361836

José Saramago

Texts:

Portuguese Comenius Team

Unknown.(2007). The memorial of Covent. Retrieved on 4th

November 2012 from: http://www.shvoong.com/books/1648079-

memorial-convent/#ixzz2BI1pUNaT

Images:

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Ya_o7ZCdI/AAAAAAAAANw/ZLdyNK5hZp0/s1600/memorial+d

o+convento.jpg

Stanislaw Lem

Texts:

Portuguese Comenius Team

SHELOKHNOV, Steve . (2011). Stanislaw Lem. Retrieved on 2th

November 2012 from:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501015/bio

Images: http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/01/stanislaw-lem-

solaris/

Virtual Thinkers http://virtualthinkers.webnode.pt/

José Eduardo