Akunin, Boris
1956 -

Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of the Russian writer and translator Grigory Chkhartishvili of Georgian-Jewish origin. He was...

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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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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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Lautréamont, comte de
1846 - 1870

The Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym for Isidore Lucien Ducasse, was a French author born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where his ...

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