Poe, Edgar Allan
1809 - 1849

Edgar Allan Poe, born Edgar Poe, was an American author of Irish descent whose contribution to the horror, crime and...

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Flynn, Gillian
1971 -

Already as a child, the American author and journalist Gillian Flynn was fascinated by horror and crime. She read books...

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Bergman, Hjalmar
1883 - 1931

Hjalmar Bergman was born in Örebro as the son of a bank manager, Claes Bergman, and his wife Fredrique, born Elgérus. As a l...

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Stendhal
1783 - 1842

French author born in Grenoble as Marie-Henri Beyle. His father was a lawyer. Beyle went to Paris as a young man where he...

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