Doyle, Roddy
1958 -

Irish author and screenwriter who grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland. Doyle has a Bachelor of Arts from University...

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Myrdal, Jan
1927 - 2020

Swedish author, born in Stockholm to Gunnar and Alva Myrdal, both social democratic cabinet ministers, Nobel Prize winners...

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Sappho
c. 630 BCE - c. 570 BCE

Thanks to the Athenian politician and poet Solon we know that the lyrical poet Sappho from the island of Lesbos was both...

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Manning, Olivia
1908 - 1980

The British novelist and short story writer Olivia Mary Manning was born in Portsmouth in 1908 (although some sources say...

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