by XO | Sep 10, 2019 | Author, Novelists, Sādegh Hedāyat, Story Shelf
Sādegh Hedāyat Sādegh Hedāyat (n. 1903, Teheran, Iran – d. 1951, Paris, Franța) este cel mai mare scriitor iranian modern. A început studiile superioare (chirurgie dentară, inginerie, studiul limbilor preislamice și al culturii vechiului Iran) în Franța, dar...
by XO | Feb 12, 2019 | Author, Neil Leadbeater, Novelists, Story Shelf
Neil Leadbeater Neil Leadbeater was born in Wolverhampton, England. He was educated at Repton and is an English graduate from the University of London. Author, poet, essayist and critic, his work has been published widely in anthologies and...
by XO | Sep 23, 2017 | Author, Novelists, Sabah Sanhouri, Story Shelf
Sabah Sanhouri Sabah Sanhouri is a Sudanese fiction writer and poet. A founder of #OneDayFiction project and a member of the Sudanese Writers Union and Geneva Writers Group. A jury member of the University of Khartoum short story competition in 2017. She was born in...
by XO | Sep 22, 2017 | Ambrose Musiyiwa, Author, Novelists, Story Shelf
Ambrose Musiyiwa Ambrose Musiyiwa is a multimedia journalist, a freelance writer, and a poet. He co-edited Welcome to Leicester (Dahlia Publishing, 2016), a poetry anthology that explores the story of Leicester through the eyes of people who know the city well. His...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Franca Treur, Novelists, Story Shelf
Franca Treur Franca Treur (fiction writer; Netherlands) won the 2010 Selexyz Debut Prize for her novel Dorsvloer vol confetti [Confetti on the Threshing Floor], which was released as a feature-length film in 2014. Her second novel, De woongroep [The Roommates], came...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Novelists, Sabata-mpho Mokae, Story Shelf
Sabata-mpho Mokae Sabata-mpho Mokae (South Africa) writes in two languages; English and Setswana, a southern African language. He is the author of a biography The Story of Sol T Plaatje, a youth novella, Dikeledi [Tears], and a poetry collection, Escaping Trauma. His...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Jeff Holmes, Novelists, Story Shelf
Jeff Holmes Jeff Holmes is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Previously, he was awarded the Dean’s Fellowship from the workshop and received the Burnett Howe prize for fiction from Amherst College. He often writes about race. He is a mulatto and insists on...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Lubi Barre, Novelists, Story Shelf
Lubi Barre Lubi Barre is a writer of non fiction short stories. She recently published her story “Goodbye” in the anthology book “My Old Man”. She is the co-host of the independent reading series AHAB, doing the English literature events. She is also a member of the...
