Montale, Eugenio
1896 - 1981

The Italian poet and translator Eugenio Montale was born to a middle-class family in Genoa. He was the youngest of seven...

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott
1896 - 1940

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (F. Scott Fitzgerald) was an American novelist and author of short stories born in St. Paul,...

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Ball, Hugo
1886 - 1927

Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany, to Catholic parents who were as poor as they were pious. He wanted to study, but...

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Propper, Milton M.
1906 - 1962

American crime writer and lawyer, born into a middle-class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also lived for...

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