Pynchon, Thomas
1937 -

One of America's most celebrated authors, Thomas Pynchon, grew up in Glen Cove on Long Island together with his brother...

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Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321

The Italian poet Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, referred to as Dante, was born in Florence to an old, noble, but no...

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Duve, Karen
1961 -

The German author Karen Duve was born in Hamburg. After she graduated from upper-secondary school in 1981, she worked as a...

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Wentworth, Patricia
1878 - 1961

"Patricia Wentworth" was born Dora Amy Elles in Mussoorie, India, during the British Raj. Her father was an army officer,...

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