Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006

The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish...

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Heaney, Seamus
1939 - 2013

The Irish poet, essayist and translator Seamus Justin Heaney was born at Mossbawn Farm near Castledawson, County Derry,...

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Rimbaud, Arthur
1854 - 1891

French author born in the industrial city of Charleville near the Belgian border. Rimbaud was the youngest son of an army...

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Shute, Nevil
1899 - 1960

British author born as Nevil Shute Norway in Ealing, Middlesex, and raised in Shrewsbury. He stuttered badly, which...

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