Miller, Arthur
1915 - 2005

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and author born in New York. His father, a Jewish schoolteacher from...

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Montale, Eugenio
1896 - 1981

The Italian poet and translator Eugenio Montale was born to a middle-class family in Genoa. He was the youngest of seven...

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Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...

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Ginsberg, Allen
1926 - 1997

American poet born in Newark, New Jersey. His father, Louis, was also a poet and teacher. His mother was a Russian,...

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