Kemal, Yasar
1923 - 2015

The Turkish novelist and short story writer Yasar Kemal was born as Kemal Sadik Gökceli in the village of Hemite near Adana ...

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Rådström, Niklas
1953 -

The Swedish poet, dramatist and author Niklas Rådström grew up in Södermalm, Stockholm, in a literary family. His father, Pä...

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Wilson, Robert
1957 -

The crime novelist Robert Wilson was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. His father was a Royal Airforce fighter pilot, and the...

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Gardner, Erle Stanley
1889 - 1970

Erle Stanley Gardner was an American author and lawyer born in Malden, Massachusetts. His father was a mining engineer who...

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