Shakespeare, William
1564 - 1616

English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon as the eldest son of the glove maker John Shakespeare and his wife...

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Bernuth, Christa
1961 -

The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending...

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Wollstonecraft, Mary
1759 - 1797

The author and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft was born in the district of Spitalfields, London. Because of her father's...

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Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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