Eliot, T.S.
1888 - 1965

Thomas Stearns Eliot grew up in St. Louis, the gate to the Wild West. His father was a businessman and his mother a former...

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1792 - 1822

The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Sussex to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He went to Eton and Oxford, he...

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Mailer, Norman
1923 - 2007

The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New...

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Todd, Ruthven
1914 - 1978

Ruthven (Campbell) Todd was a Scottish writer productive in many different fields, mainly known as a poet, but his literary...

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