Capote, Truman
1924 - 1984

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans as Truman Streckfus Persons. His father, Arch Persons, was a young chancer who later...

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Heine, Heinrich
1797 - 1856

German poet and publicist born as Harry Heine in Düsseldorf, Prussia. His father was a Jewish textile merchant from a ...

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Burke, James Lee
1936 -

James Lee Burke is an American author of Irish descent born in Houston, Texas, and brought up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf...

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Davies, Robertson
1913 - 1995

The Canadian author Roberson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario. His father, William Davies, had moved to Canada from...

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