Noble Prize for Literature 2009. Born in a Germany-speaking minority village in Romania, Herta Müller was persecuted from very early on as a dissident writer by the Romanian secret services, before finally leaving the country in 1987. Her first book… Read More »Herta Müller
Novelist and essayist. He is one of the most profound and distinctive European writers. Rich and subtle in his language, his knowledge of classical antiquity has enabled him to build up a body of work of extraordinary richness and breadth.… Read More »Pascal Quignard
Filmmaker. Béla Tarr is one of the most prominent filmmakers in modern cinema. He made his striking first feature film in 1979, Family Nest. In 1982, The Prefab People received a special mention in Locarno. He filmed his brilliant Sátántangó,… Read More »Béla Tarr
Filmmaker and visual artist. Apichatpong is recognized as a major international filmmaker and visual artist. His works are characterized by their use of non-linear storytelling, often dealing with themes of memory, loss, identity, desire, and history. His works have won him… Read More »Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Composer. Georg Friedrich Haas is considered one of the most important European composers of his generation. His work synthesises, in a highly original way, the Austrian symphonic tradition with exploration of the French and American experimental avant-gardes of the second… Read More »Georg Friedrich Haas
Composer, educator and researcher. Liza Lim is a music composer, educator and researcher whose work focuses on collaborative, transcultural practices. The roots of beauty, the effects of time in the Anthropocene, the sensoriality of the ecological connection and feminine spiritual… Read More »Liza Lim
Art historian and curator. Since 2015, she has held the position of Head of Arts at CERN at the at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, where she provides strategic leadership and oversight for the laboratory’s art initiatives,… Read More »Mónica Bello
Writer, academic and activist. Specialising in queer theory and post-colonial criticism, in her work she uses the tools of feminist theory to analyse mechanisms of oppression and discrimination in everyday life and in institutional contexts. She coined the idea of… Read More »Sara Ahmed
Philosopher and art theorist. Professor of Philosophy at Zurich University of Art, co-founder of eipcp, the European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies and co-editor of the transversal platform. His work deals with the philosophies of multiplicity and dividuality, and the… Read More »Gerald Raunig
Filósofo, comisario y ensayista. Es catedrático de Filosofía de la Universidad de Murcia, profesor invitado en universidades europeas y americanas, miembro y patrono de Consejos científicos de museos como el IVAM, Museo Reina Sofía, la Fundación Botín o el Instituto… Read More »Francisco Jarauta
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