Böll, Heinrich
1917 - 1985

German author born in Cologne. Böll was brought up a Roman Catholic in a middle-class family with pacifist and anti-Nazi ...

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Henry, O.
1862 - 1910

O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...

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Smith, Patti
1946 -

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is a rock musician, poet and artist, the oldest of four siblings born in Chicago, Illinois. She...

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Aymé, Marcel
1902 - 1967

French author born in the town of Joigny, Burgundy, as the youngest of six children. His father was a cavalry farrier. His...

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