Album

Noble European Writers

Art of written

work

“Things made

from letters”

Forms (fiction

and non-fiction)

Techniques

(poetry and

prose)

Genres

(romance,

mystery, crime,

fantasy)

Literature

Learning objectives

Learn all we can about European writers;

Disclose information;

Test our partners’ knowledge;

Promote the importance of reading.

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)

“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)

“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

“There are two cardinal sins from which

all others spring: Impatience and

Laziness.”

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)

“I don’t want to be a tree, I want to be its

meaning.”

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)

Convent Memorial (1982)

Prize: Literature Nobel (1998)

“I think we are all blind. Blind people who can

see but do not see.”

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

“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: Krakow, Poland

Nationality: Polish

Jobs: Essayist, philosopher, scientific

fiction writer

Works:

Solaris (1961)

His Master’s Voice (1968)

Fiasco (1987)

Prize: Literary Prize (1973)

“A dream will always triumph over reality, once

it is given the chance.”

Multiple choice exercise

(Jquiz) Matching exercise

(Jmatch)

Gap-fill exercise (Jcloze)

Crossword (Jcross)

Quiz

Conclusion

Importance of reading

What did we learn?

Did we achieve the initial

objectives?

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:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vAG24zYuARc/T-

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