Person Z.J. Galos

The author, born in eastern Austria, had been working as a designer, artist, and architect in Europe and in Africa of the South. The art of the San people influenced his own artistic work. Meeting a great variety of people during his travels, he worked with various firms building clinics and hospitals in Swaziland. After some years working on his own, he met a friend, who took him to a workshop for literary work, where he found his love for poetry and novel writing, with a special interest in mythology. Furthermore, visiting the famous caves of Southern Africa, kindled his fantasy and spurred on his interest for poetry in a ballad form. While painting in Greece, he had an opportunity for a successful exhibition about mythological themes. Returning to Austria, he worked on his short books, he calls 'Poetic Lore'. This book has been the first original in the series, which will be available in both languages, English and German.