Zangwill, Israel
1864 - 1926

Israel Zangwill was a British Jewish author. His father had emigrated from Lithuania and his mother was a Polish refugee....

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Galsworthy, John
1867 - 1933

John Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill, the Galsworthy family estate in Surrey. His father was a successful barrister,...

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Tranströmer, Tomas
1931 - 2015

Swedish poet, born and raised on Söder in Stockholm. Tomas Tranströmer grew up with his mother, who was a teacher. His f...

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Montaigne, Michel de
1533 - 1592

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born in a wealthy merchant family that had lived for generations in the ancestral castle...

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