James, P.D.
1920 - 2014

English crime writer born in Oxford as Phyllis Dorothy James. She graduated from the Cambridge High School for Girls in...

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Sartre, Jean-Paul
1905 - 1980

The French author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris. His father, who was a naval officer, died when Sartre...

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Le Queux, William
1864 - 1927

One of the most remarkable, and most productive, British authors in the early 20th century was William Le Queux who wrote...

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Claudel, Philippe
1962 -

French author and film director born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near Nancy where he still lives together with his wife and...

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