Chatwin, Bruce
1940 - 1989

Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and legendary travel writer. His father, Charles Chatwin, owned a law practice in...

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Diski, Jenny
1947 - 2016

The British author Jenny Diski was born in London as Jenny Simmonds. She had a traumatic childhood with a father who...

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Andersson, Lena
1970 -

Swedish author, journalist and playwright who grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta in a family belonging to what she...

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Voltaire
1694 - 1778

French author, the son of a notary, born as François-Marie Arouet in Paris. When he was ten years old, he was admitted to ...

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