Siegfried Lenz (born 17 March 1926) is a German writer, who has written novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre. He was awarded the Goethe Prize in Frankfurt-am-Main on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. Lenz and his wife, Liselotte, also exchanged over 100 letters with Paul Celan and his wife, Gisèle Lestrange between 1952 and 1961.

Gioconda Belli Nacida en 1948 en Managua, Nicaragua, Gioconda Belli es autora de una importante obra poética y narrativa de reconocido prestigio internacional. Se diplomó en Publicidad y Periodismo en Filadelfia, Estados Unidos. A su regreso a Nicaragua, se opuso a la dictadura del general Somoza y tuvo que exiliarse a México y Costa Rica. Durante su exilio fue activista política y apoyó la lucha sandinista. En 1972 se publicó su primer libro de poemas, Sobre la grama.