Akhmatova, Anna
1889 - 1966

The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was born as Anna Andreyevna Gorenko in Odessa, but she spent most of her childhood in...

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Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn
1950 -

As a child, the Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir spent a great deal of time at her local library or swimming pool. R...

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Wade, Henry
1887 - 1969

Henry Wade is the pseudonym for Baronet (not to be confused with baron) Henry (Lancelot) Aubrey-Fletcher, born in Leigh, in...

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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -

The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...

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