Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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Spiegelman, Peter
1958 -

The American crime writer Peter Spiegelman was born in New York. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and has lived there...

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Adler-Olsen, Jussi
1950 -

The Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen (his real name is Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen) chose, at the tender age of...

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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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