From Spain: Federico García Lorca, Miguel Hernández, Marcos Ana. All three are amazing poets. All of them have the spanish civil war as an over arching theme in their works.
Julio Cortázar, wrote tales, nouvelles and novels. He was born in Switzerland, migrated to Argentina then spent his last years in France. His most acclaimed novel, Hopscotch, is a labyrinth of short stories that connect to create a greater narrative. Truly a work of art.
Hugo Pratt. A graphic novel writer, author of Corto Maltese, probably my favourite graphic novel of all times. It’s a classic. He was born in… Crete I think? Began publishing in Italy, then migrated to Argentina where he made most of his carreer.
Neil Gaiman. Author of The Sandman, an all-time favourite of mine, Books Of Magic, famously the work which “inspired” J K Rowling… He is british, although he migrated to America. Sadly he has recently been known for his abusive practices towards his female employees.
Herman Hesse. Pretty sure he was german, awarded a novel prize. He was the go to author during my teenage years. His books are aimed to a young adult audience and are filled with existential and philosophical debates. My favourite book, The Glass Bead Game, was a turning point in my life.
*abusive practices just say rape, that’s what it was. Neil Gaiman is a serial rapist. Also female employee = a homeless woman he and his wife “hired” (i.e. she didn’t get paid until it was time to get rid of her when it looked like she was going to contact the police) and sexually and emotionally abused over the years.
Gaiman was one of my favourite authors for nearly three decades. It fucking sucks and of course what he did doesn’t change his works, but it’s hard to recommend them anymore. New York magazine published a damning article in January. It’s awful, nightmarish and absolutely vile, what he did to those women, and sometimes even his son was in the same room… The article does a great job at painting this picture of a sad, lonely man traumatised by his heavy scientology past and abusive father.
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From Spain: Federico García Lorca, Miguel Hernández, Marcos Ana. All three are amazing poets. All of them have the spanish civil war as an over arching theme in their works.
Julio Cortázar, wrote tales, nouvelles and novels. He was born in Switzerland, migrated to Argentina then spent his last years in France. His most acclaimed novel, Hopscotch, is a labyrinth of short stories that connect to create a greater narrative. Truly a work of art.
Hugo Pratt. A graphic novel writer, author of Corto Maltese, probably my favourite graphic novel of all times. It’s a classic. He was born in… Crete I think? Began publishing in Italy, then migrated to Argentina where he made most of his carreer.
Neil Gaiman. Author of The Sandman, an all-time favourite of mine, Books Of Magic, famously the work which “inspired” J K Rowling… He is british, although he migrated to America. Sadly he has recently been known for his abusive practices towards his female employees.
Herman Hesse. Pretty sure he was german, awarded a novel prize. He was the go to author during my teenage years. His books are aimed to a young adult audience and are filled with existential and philosophical debates. My favourite book, The Glass Bead Game, was a turning point in my life.
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abusive practicesjust say rape, that’s what it was. Neil Gaiman is a serial rapist. Also female employee = a homeless woman he and his wife “hired” (i.e. she didn’t get paid until it was time to get rid of her when it looked like she was going to contact the police) and sexually and emotionally abused over the years.Oh wow. Sorry, I’m not from England, I didn’t know it was this harsh. I vaguely read about it in the news.
Gaiman was one of my favourite authors for nearly three decades. It fucking sucks and of course what he did doesn’t change his works, but it’s hard to recommend them anymore. New York magazine published a damning article in January. It’s awful, nightmarish and absolutely vile, what he did to those women, and sometimes even his son was in the same room… The article does a great job at painting this picture of a sad, lonely man traumatised by his heavy scientology past and abusive father.