Oz, Amos
1939 - 2018

Amos Oz is the pseudonym of the Israeli novelist Amos Klausner. He was born in Jerusalem to Yehuda Arieh Klausner, a...

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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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Jacob, Max
1876 - 1944

French author and artist born in Quimper, then a typical French provincial town in Finistère, Brittany. During his ...

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Hillerman, Tony
1925 - 2008

American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a...

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