Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986

Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...

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Lesage, Alain René
1668 - 1747

Alain-René Lesage was a French playwright and novelist born in Bretagne. He read law in Paris and practiced briefly before ...

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Waugh, Evelyn
1903 - 1966

Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh was born in London. His father was a publisher and his older brother Alec a novelist and...

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Vonnegut, Kurt
1922 - 2007

American author, born in Indianapolis, where both his father and grandfather were working as architects. Further back, the...

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