DeMille, Nelson
1943 -

Nelson Richard DeMille is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. He was born in Queens, New York, to a...

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Highsmith, Patricia
1921 - 1995

Patricia Highsmith was an American author born in Fort Worth, Texas, as Mary Patricia Plangman. Both parents were artists...

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Achebe, Chinua
1930 - 2013

Nigerian writer born in the Igbo town of Ogidi, South-East Nigeria. His parents, Isaiah Okafor Achebe and Janet Ileogbunam,...

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Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930

Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...

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