Hamid, Mohsin
1971 -

Mohsin Hamid was born in Pakistan. His father was a first generation Pakistani born in 1947, the year of partition. Mohsin...

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Swift, Jonathan
1667 - 1745

The Anglo-Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His cousin was the English poet and...

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Lewis, Sinclair
1885 - 1951

American author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. His father was a country doctor and his mother...

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Saadawi, Nawal El
1931 - 2021

Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian writer and feminist. She was born and raised in a child-rich family in the small village...

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