Shelley, Mary
1797 - 1851

The author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley was born in England as the daughter of the pioneering feminist Mary...

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Andersen, Vita
1944 - 2021

The Danish author Vita Anderson was born in Copenhagen. Her father, the author Aage Neutzsky-Wulff (1891–1967) had many c...

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McMurtry, Larry
1936 - 2021

The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas....

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Coetzee, J.M.
1940 -

J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Although he is of Boer descent, the family spoke English...

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