Adonis
1930 -

Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...

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Grass, Günter
1927 - 2015

Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German author born in Danzig (present-day Gdansk in Poland) to German-Polish parents. His father ...

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Runcie, James
1959 -

James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...

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Despentes, Virginie
1969 -

The French author Virginie Despentes was born in Nancy, northeast France. She was convinced from an early age that girls...

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