Ionesco, Eugène
1909 - 1994

The playwright and author Eugène Ionesco was born in Romania to a Romanian father and a French mother. The family moved to ...

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Ellis, Bret Easton
1964 -

American writer, the oldest of three siblings born and raised in a wealthy family at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Ellis'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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Indriðason, Arnaldur
1961 -

The Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason, the son of the author Indriði Þorsteinsson, was born in Reykjavik. Arnaldur I...

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