Nasser Zarafshan

Nasser Zarafshan

male
iranian, Majid Charif, Iran é Farda, Mohamad Mokhtari, Parvaneh Forouhar, Mohamad Jafar Pouyandeh…PEN American Center, pen
Nasser Zarafshan is an Iranian novelist, translator, and attorney. As a member of the Iranian Writers' Association Kanoon and a notable member of...

Steven Dietz

male
Denver, The Rememberer, Still Life With Iris, Reader's Digest, lonely planet, pen
Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City. Born and raised in Denver,...
Marjorie Williams

Marjorie Williams

female, deceased (2005)
The Woman at the Washington Zoo, PEN American Center, National Magazine Award, pen, Viking Press, slate magazine
Marjorie Williams was born in Princeton, New Jersey to a scientist-turned-homemaker mother and a father who was an editor at Viking Press. After...
Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Astruc

male, 86 years old
writer, director, film director, film critic, French, caméra-stylo…pen
Alexandre Astruc is a French film critic and film director born July 13 1923, in Paris (France). His role in the auteur theory is noted in his...
Frank Godwin

Frank Godwin

male, deceased (1959)
comic strip cartoonist, Connie, comic strip, cora, American, robinson crusoe…pen
Frank Godwin (October 20,1889-August 5,1959) was an American illustrator and comic strip artist. He was one of the top draftsmen of his day. His...
Goran Simic

Goran Simic

male
poet, Luna Publications, Yesterday's People, Danuta Gleed Award, From Sarajevo, With Sorrow, Sprinting from the Graveyard…pen
Goran Simic, a Bosnian poet, is recognized in Europe and the US for his works of poetry, essays, short stories and theatre. Goran Simic was born in...
Frank Brady

Frank Brady

male
Columbia University, Ph.D., British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Master of Arts, Magazine Publisher, Master of Fine Arts…International PEN, pen
Frank Brady (b. March 15, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York) is Chairman of the Department of Mass Communications, Journalism, Television and Film at St....
George Safford Parker

George Safford Parker

male, deceased (1937)
entrepreneur, From Janesville, WIsconsin, Janesville, American, pen, fountain pen…The Parker Pen Company
George Safford Parker (b. November 1, 1863 in Shullsburg, Wisconsin; d. July 19, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American inventor and...
Janine Pommy Vega

Janine Pommy Vega

female, 67 years old
poet, lake titicaca, Beat Generation, Beat writer, American, pen…International PEN
Janine Pommy Vega (born February 5, 1942) is an American poet associated with the Beats. Vega grew up in Union City, New Jersey. At the age of...
Herbert W. Franke

Herbert W. Franke

male, 82 years old
siggraph, Worldcon Guest of Honor, German, science fiction writer, Worldcon Guests of Honor, Munich University…pen
Herbert W. Franke (Born May 14, 1927 in Vienna) is one of the most important science fiction authors in the German language. He is also active in...