Pasternak, Boris
1890 - 1960

The Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak was born in Moscow, in an art-oriented family. His mother was a concert...

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Okri, Ben
1959 -

Ben Okri was born into the Urhobo tribe in Minna, Nigeria, as the son of Grace and Silver Okri, but he spent his early...

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Sittenfeld, Curtis
1975 -

Curtis Sittenfeld was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, as the second oldest of four siblings. Her mother taught history of...

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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
1874 - 1929

The Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna. His father was a bank manager. As a young man, von...

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