Colocynth

Also known as the bitter cucumber, or vine of Sodom. 'The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida.' (Othello i, iii). More cucurbitous information here.

Christopher Logue (1926-2011)

More information here.

Christa Wolf (1929-2011)

More information here.

Santiago Paulós (1983- )

Abuela II con derrame (2003). More information about the artist here. I translated a text for a catalogue of his paintings, which I at first thought was a favour, but now I see was an honour.

Marie-Noëlle Drouet (1947- )

'Tous les enfants ont du génie sauf Minou Drouet', as Cocteau said. More information here.

Engelsina Sergeyevna Cheshkova (1928-2004)

The youthful face of the Buryat-Mongol ASSR. More information (in Russian) here.

Mamlakhat Akberdyevna Nakhangova (1924- )

Shock-worker of the Tajik cotton harvest. More information (in Russian) here.

Sean Bonney

He's coy about his age (early forties?). A wikipedia page is here. The reason I like him this morning, an interview, is here.

There are Men Outside my Window

My work accompanied by the surprisingly melancholic sound of spoken Romanian.

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

More information here. A little belated, but, ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!