Herron, Mick
1963 -

The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...

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Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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Tóibin, Colm
1955 -

Colm Tóibín is an Irish author and journalist who grew up in Enniscorthy in the south-west of Ireland as one of Bríd and Mi...

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Lesage, Alain René
1668 - 1747

Alain-René Lesage was a French playwright and novelist born in Bretagne. He read law in Paris and practiced briefly before ...

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