Burke, James Lee
1936 -

James Lee Burke is an American author of Irish descent born in Houston, Texas, and brought up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf...

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Molière
1622 - 1673

Real name Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, theatre manager and actor, born in Paris as the oldest son of a...

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Gao Xingjian
1940 -

Chinese author and artist born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province in eastern China. His father was a bank clerk and his mother an...

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Ende, Michael
1929 - 1995

Michael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. His father was one of the first German surrealist painters, and...

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