Gide, André
1869 - 1951

The French novelist, poet and playwright was born into a wealthy, strictly protestant bourgeois Paris family. His father, a...

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Ginsberg, Allen
1926 - 1997

American poet born in Newark, New Jersey. His father, Louis, was also a poet and teacher. His mother was a Russian,...

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Vila-Matas, Enrique
1948 -

Spanish author of essays, short stories and novels born in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied law and journalism at...

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Cleave, Chris
1973 -

The British writer and journalist Chris Cleave was born in London. Apart from a few years in Cameroon, West Africa, in the...

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