Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
1918 - 2008

Russian author, born in Kislovodsk in the Caucasus and raised in Rostov. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics and...

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Allen, Grant
1848 - 1899

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a British philosopher, natural scientist and journalist. His support for evolutionary...

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Nádas, Péter
1942 -

Péter Nádas is Hungary's most famous internationally acclaimed author. He is of Jewish descent, born in Budapest. Although h...

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
1749 - 1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main. His father, Johann Kaspar Goethe, who had left public service...

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