Dunsany, Edward Plunkett
1878 - 1957

The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the...

Further reading

Unsworth, Barry
1930 - 2012

The British author Barry Unsworth was born to a family of miners in County Durham, northeast England. They moved away from...

Further reading

Rådström, Niklas
1953 -

The Swedish poet, dramatist and author Niklas Rådström grew up in Södermalm, Stockholm, in a literary family. His father, Pä...

Further reading

Gautier, Théophile
1811 - 1872

French author and critic born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, to a family originally from Provence. His father was a minor g...

Further reading