Quasimodo, Salvatore
1901 - 1968

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet born in Modica, near Syracuse on Sicily. He was the second of four children. His...

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Gripe, Maria
1923 - 2007

A Swedish author of children’s and youth books, Maria Gripe was born in Vaxholm and grew up in Örebro. She graduated from hi...

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Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930

Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...

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Sturgeon, Theodore
1918 - 1985

Theodore Sturgeon – he was born Edward Hamilton Waldo – was an American author of primarily science fiction and fantasy, but...

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