Sienkiewicz, Henryk
1846 - 1916

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish author born in Wola Okrzejska in Poland, then controlled by Russia....

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Gorky, Maxim
1868 - 1936

Russian author, born and raised in Nizhny Novgorod at the Volga River. His real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, but he...

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Carroll, Lewis
1832 - 1898

Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of the English author and mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born in Daresbury,...

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Dexter, Colin
1930 - 2017

The British crime writer Colin Dexter grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. After completing his military service in 1950, he...

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