McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023

American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...

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Cross, Amanda
1926 - 2003

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was a successful American academic, feminist and author of a series of mystery novels published under...

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Zelazny, Roger
1937 - 1995

An American sci-fi and fantasy author, regarded as one of the foremost representatives for what is called the ‘new wave’ of t...

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Soyinka, Wole
1934 -

Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (Wole Soyinka) was born in Abeokuta, West Nigeria, during British colonial rule. His father was...

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