Gorky, Maxim
1868 - 1936

Russian author, born and raised in Nizhny Novgorod at the Volga River. His real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, but he...

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Matthews, John
1952 -

John Matthews is a British journalist and author. After having published two unremarkable novels in the 1980s he had an...

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Dos Passos, John
1896 - 1970

American author born in Chicago as John Roderigo Dos Passos to a wealthy lawyer of Portuguese descent. As a child, Dos...

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Harris, Frank
1856 - 1931

The editor, journalist and publisher Frank Harris was born in Ireland. He was a notorious womanizer who became an American...

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