Pindar
c. 518 BCE - c. 438 BCE

Little is known about the Greek poet Pindar (Greek: Pindaros). He was probably born in the village of Cynoscephalae near...

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Forster, E.M.
1879 - 1970

The British author Edward Morgan Forster was born in London. His father was an architect. Forster attended King’s College, C...

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Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn
1950 -

As a child, the Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir spent a great deal of time at her local library or swimming pool. R...

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Staël, Germaine de
1766 - 1817

Germaine Staël von Holstein, best known as Madame de Staël, was a French author born in Paris as Ann Louise Germaine N...

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