Umberto Eco

REVIEW umberto eco : Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen

Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen

Why learn Welsh? They all speak English anyway. Why learn unpronounceable Flemish, impossible Finnish, self-assertive Catalan or miniscule Danish? But when the Danish experimental poet died on 2 January 2009 in Copenhagen,  a loser language lost its most beautiful voice

by Lassë Jensen @ // 02/02/09

umberto eco, william shakespeare, obituary, catalan, denmark, writers, literature

PORTRAIT umberto eco : Lucia Etxebarria: ‘it's a threat if women sell more books than men’

Lucia Etxebarria: ‘it's a threat if women sell more books than men’

The Spanish sex, drugs and rock’n’roll writer, 41, juggles motherhood and feminist ideals in her literature, and explains why she is sometimes categorised as a lesbian or 'at best, emasculator'

by Amandine Agic @ // 16/05/08

umberto eco, literature, lucía etxebarría, plagiarism, madrid, lucia etxebarria , spain

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