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A portrait of Moroccan writer Rachid O.
Rachid O.

Rachid O. was born in Rabat in 1970. He is the author…

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Casey O'Connell

The paintings I create are often autobiographical…

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George O'Connell

2005-6 U.S. Fulbright Professor of Creative Writing…

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Fernando O'Connor

Fernando O’Connor is an Argentine figurative painter…

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Portrait of translator Siobhan O'Leary
Siobhan O'Leary

Siobhan O’Leary is an independent translator, writer and consultant based in Berlin.

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Mary O'Donoghue

Mary O'Donoghue was born in 1975 and grew up in County…

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Diane Oatley

Diane Oatley has extensive experience with many different forms of artistic expression, working with dance, as a translator from Norwegian, and as a writer of fiction and nonfiction.

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Diane Obomsawin

Born in Montreal in 1959, Diane Obomsawin spent the…

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Trifonia Melibea Obono

Trifonia Melibea Obono (Equatorial Guinea, 1982) is…

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Lorenzo Hernandez Ocampo

Lorenzo Hernandez Ocampo, a biologist as well as a…

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Silvina Ocampo

Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) published eight books of…

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Haggag Hassan Oddoul

Haggag Hassan Oddoul (born Alexandria, Egypt, 1944)…

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Ilya Odegov

Ilya Odegov is a writer and composer.

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B. Odgerel

B. Odgerel was born in 1967 and lives in Ulaanbaatar. …

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Héctor G. Oesterheld

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (born July…

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U Sam Oeur

U Sam Oeur was born in Svay Rieng province in 1936.…

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Victoria Offredi Poletto

Victoria Offredi Poletto was born and raised in England and Italy of Italian parents and has resided in the USA for the past thirty years.

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Barbara Ofosu-Somuah

Barbara Ofosu-Somuah is a Ghanaian-American activist…

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Kay Ohara

Growing up in the U.S. and Japan, Kay Ohara enjoys…

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Alix Ohlin

Alix Ohlin is the author of The Missing Person, a…

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Sayaka Ohsaki

Sayaka Ohsaki (1982-) was featured in the journal Yuriika…

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portrait of author Mónica Ojeda
Mónica Ojeda

Mónica Ojeda (Ecuador, 1988) is the author of several novels and poetry collections.

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Sofi Oksanen

Catapulted into the elite of Finnish authors with…

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Paul Olchváry

Paul Olchváry has translated more than ten books from…

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Portrait of Cory Oldweiler
Cory Oldweiler

Cory Oldweiler is an itinerant writer who has spent the past year in northern lower Michigan, New York City, and the Balkans.

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Mexican writer Mariana Oliver
Mariana Oliver

Mariana Oliver was born in Mexico City in 1986. In 2016, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Ensayo Joven José Vasconcelos for Aves migratorias (Migratory Birds), whose English translation by Julia Sanches won the 2021 PEN Translation Prize.

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Jorge Olivera Castillo

Jorge Olivera Castillo (born 1961) is a well-known…

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Simonetta Olivo

Simonetta Olivo (Udine, 1976) lives in Trieste,…

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Carmen Ollé

Carmen Ollé (Lima, 1947) writes poetry, criticism,…

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Ursula Andkjær Olsen

Ursula Andkjær Olsen (b. 1970) was born and raised in Copenhagen and made her literary debut in 2000. She has since published eight collections of poetry in addition to several dramatic texts and libretti for operas.

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Portrait of translator Alice Olsson
Alice E. Olsson

Alice E. Olsson is a literary translator, writer,…

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Zuzanna Olszewska

Zuzanna Olszewska is a junior research fellow in Oriental…

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Zaher Omareen

Zaher Omareen is a Syrian researcher and writer who…

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Ellen Ombre

Ellen Ombre was born in Suriname, and moved with her…

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Dina Dara Omer Meran

Dina Dara Meran is completing her senior year at the…

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Ondjaki

Ondjaki was born in Luanda in 1977. His books include…

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Portrait of Nigerian writer Ucheoma Onwutuebe
Ucheoma Onwutuebe

Ucheoma Onwutuebe is a Nigerian writer.

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Griet Op de Beeck

Griet Op de Beeck (Turnhout, Belgium, 1973) was…

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Himalayan Oral Tradition

These folktales belong to the oral tradition…

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Melaka Portuguese Oral Tradition

This story belongs to the Melaka Portuguese community…

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Cael Orrego

Cael Orrego was born in Washington, DC, the son of…

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Portrait of writer Marta Orriols
Marta Orriols

Marta Orriols (1975) lives in Barcelona. Her debut…

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Samantha Ortega

Samantha Ortega is a first-generation college student…

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Markus Orths

Markus Orths was born in 1969, lives in Karlsruhe,…

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Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

Alicia Dujovne Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires and…

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Antonio Ortuño

Antonio Ortuño is a Mexican writer, born in…

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Ágnes Orzóy

Ágnes Orzóy is rights director of Magvető…

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Dazai Osamu

Dazai Osamu (1909–48) is considered one of Japan’s…

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Hagop Oshagan

Hagop Oshagan (1883–1948) is one of the most…

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Exmetjan Osman

Exmetjan Osman (b. 1964) is one of the foremost Uyghur poets of his generation.

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Jeremy Osner

Jeremy Osner is a computer programmer with a long-standing…

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Eugene Ostashevsky

Eugene Ostashevsky's books of poetry include Iterature…

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Gabrielle Otero

Otero is a writer from the Bronx, New York. She received…

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Adrian Otoiu

Formerly a poet, Adrian Otoiu made his debut in fiction…

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Portrait of writer Tilsa Otta
Tilsa Otta

From Lima, Tilsa Otta is a writer and video artist who has published in several genres.

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Jim Ottaway, Jr.

Jim Ottaway, Jr. is a member of the board of…

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Nicholas Otte

Nicholas Otte is a writer and musician living in New…

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Maria Pace Ottieri

Maria Pace Ottieri lives in Milan where she contributes…

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Patrik Ouředník

Patrik Ourednik was born in Prague, and emigrated…

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Clement Oubrerie

Clément Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966.…

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A portrait of writer and translator Cécile Oumhani.
Cécile Oumhani

Esteemed novelist Cécile Oumhani is the recipient of Prix Afrique méditerranéenne-Maghreb ADELF 2016, Prix Virgile européen francophone 2014, and finalist of the Prix Joseph Kessel 2017.

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Susan Ouriou

Susan Ouriou is an award-winning fiction writer and literary translator.

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Khalid Oways

In novels such as Al-raqs taht al-matar [Dancing…

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Llwyd Owen

Llwyd Owen is an award-winning author who has published…

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Miguel Angel Oxlaj

Miguel Angel Oxlaj Cúmez of Compala, Guatemala,…

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Portrait of Filipino poet Voltaire Oyzon
Voltaire Oyzon

Voltaire Q. Oyzon teaches Waray language, literature,…

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