Poets and writers

Explore stories of the written word in Europeana

Authors

Read stories and biographies of authors

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Portraits of poets, authors, journalists and writers from across Europe.

colour illustration of a woman wearing a dress standing near a dressed bear which stands on its hind legs
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Meet the female authors and illustrators who brought the fairy tale to life

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Transatlantic perspectives on American abolitionist and anti-slavery campaigner

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Three Black authors from the Americas who have lived in Europe

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For 20 years, Emile Zola was both a novelist and a journalist

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One of Bulgaria’s most cherished poets during her lifetime

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Literary life of migration and exile of 20th century Serbian author Miloš Crnjanski

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Serbia’s first feminist author: a writer and traveller who led a remarkable life

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Author and migrant Ivan Cankar is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Slovene language

Literature

Explore further stories about literature, books and reading

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Travelling in our minds with books, like Selma Lagerlöf's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

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Discover the history behind the beautiful patterns and illustrations inside book covers

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Explore the beauty of typography, alphabets and languages in this gallery

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A Dutch Poet Laureate writes a poem in an album amicorum for Elizabeth Adriana Staats

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Compare traditions across communities and time combined handwriting and art

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Here's a variety of book cover designs, from children's fiction to classics of world literature.

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Noteworthy authors were put on the Index librorum prohibitorum because their works caused moral controversies.

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"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book" – Marcel Proust.

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A striking illustration of the relationship between Venice, Istria and Dalmatia.

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Many medieval manuscripts are full of decorated capital letters that come in all styles and sizes.

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Whether it’s inscriptions, annotations or doodles, readers have always made their marks in books

Murasaki Shikibu depicted in a purple robe, staring at the moon in Ishimyama Temple
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Discover a gallery co-created with the Europeana Education community

Learning scenarios about literacy

Cooperative learning, PBL, Philosophy - Lower Secondary Education

Language subjects - Secondary school

English, Language subjects - Secondary school

Art, History, Language - Primary school, Secondary school

Adult education, Art, History, Language - Secondary school

English, Language subjects - Lower secondary

Art, English, History - Lower secondary, Primary school

English, History - Lower secondary

English, Language subjects - Primary school

English, History, Language subjects - Primary school

Art, English, History, Language subjects - Secondary

English, Language subjects - Lower secondary, Upper secondary

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Explore the world through the written word

From antiquity to the early print era

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