Joyce, James
1882 - 1941

James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, John Stanislaus Joyce, came from a wealthy family, but when he started...

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Hodgson, William Hope
1877 - 1918

William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and...

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Powys, John Cowper
1872 - 1963

John Cowper Powys was a novelist, essayist, philosopher, poet and lecturer born in Shirley, Derbyshire as the son of the...

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Chatwin, Bruce
1940 - 1989

Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and legendary travel writer. His father, Charles Chatwin, owned a law practice in...

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