Catalin Dorian Florescu and Oliver Peter

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Catalin Dorian Florescu was born in 1967 in Timișoara, Romania. His first trip abroad, for medical reasons, took place in 1976. Father and son travelled to New York via Rome, but the father decided that they should return to Romania. In 1982, the whole family managed to emigrate to the West for the same reasons. Since then, the author has lived in Zurich, where he studied psychology and psychopathology at the University of Zurich. For several years, Mr Florescu worked as a psychologist in the field of drug addiction. He underwent further training in Gestalt therapy, which is one of the humanistic schools of psychotherapy. He has lived as a freelance writer since December 2001. From April 2019, he will be travelling on Danube boats as a literary sailor several times a year. He has written six novels, a collection of short stories and a volume of essays on freedom, plus many columns and essays.

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Oliver Peter Moser, author name Oliver Peter, was born in 1978 and grew up on the banks of the Rhine in Switzerland. He has Swiss-Austrian roots. After two trips around the world, a licentiate degree in German and English studies, many years of work as a proofreader in a medical-scientific publishing house and stints as a dramaturgy intern at several theatres, he was drawn to the teaching profession. He has been working as a German and English teacher at various secondary schools for twelve years. Reading and writing were faithful companions throughout his career. He now lives in Basel and is writing his first novel.