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30 Strange And Interesting Facts About Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy and Marxism. Take a look below for 30 more strange and interesting facts…

30 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Take a look below for 30 more awesome and…

27 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist of the Romantic era, who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Take a look below for 27 more interesting and fascinating facts about Alexander Pushkin. 1. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow….

30 Interesting And Fun Facts About Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he’s known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the…

30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last 17 years of his life, Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Take a look below for 30 more fun and interesting facts about Friedrich Schiller. 1….

30 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Moliere

Moliere, whose real name is Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comedie-ballets, and more. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Moliere. 1. His plays…

30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best known for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment…

30 Interesting And Fun Facts About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He’s often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon.” Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fun facts about William Shakespeare. 1. His extant works, including…

25 Fun And Interesting Facts About Danai Gurira

Danai Jekesai Gurira, born February 14, 1978, is a Zimbabwean American actress and playwright, best known for her role as Michonne on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series, as the writer of the Tony Award winning play Eclipsed, and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, beginning with Black Panther. Take…