Williams, Tennessee
1911 - 1983

American playwright born in Columbus, Mississippi as Thomas Lanier Williams. His father was a travelling shoe salesman, and...

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Moravia, Alberto
1907 - 1990

Alberto Pincherle Moravia was a dominating, though controversial, literary and intellectual figure in 20th century Italy....

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Fox, Paula
1923 - 2017

The American writer Paula Fox was born in New York to the scriptwriter Elsie Fox and the author Paul Hervey Fox who did not...

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Quasimodo, Salvatore
1901 - 1968

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet born in Modica, near Syracuse on Sicily. He was the second of four children. His...

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