Musil, Robert
1880 - 1942

Austrian writer, born in Klagenfurt, as the son of an engineer who later became a professor. Robert Musil received his...

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Vigny, Alfred de
1797 - 1863

Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, was a French author born in the town of Loches near Tours in central France as the son of a...

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Sanders, Lawrence
1920 - 1998

Lawrence Sanders was an author and journalist born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was an economist, and the family moved...

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Pym, Barbara
1913 - 1980

Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, near the Welsh border where she grew up with her younger sister...

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