Sample of Authors
Gautier, Théophile
1811 - 1872
French author and critic born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, to a family originally from Provence. His father was a minor g...
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Camus, Albert
1913 - 1960
French author, born in Algeria to French parents. Having lost his father early on, he was raised alone by the mother, who...
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Tafdrup, Pia
1952 -
The Danish author Pia Tafdrup was born in Copenhagen, grew up in the countryside on North Jutland and later attended the...
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Thackeray, William
1811 - 1863
William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta. His ancestors had made a fortune in the East India Company, and after his...
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