Cela, Camilo José
1916 - 2002

Spanish author, born in El Padrón, a small village in the province of La Coruña in northwestern Spain. His father, Camilo, w...

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Verne, Jules
1828 - 1905

French author, born in Nantes. To a large extent, his childhood appears to have been characterized by loneliness; he was...

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Parsons, Tony
1953 -

English author and journalist, born and grew up as the only child in a working-class family in Romford, Essex. When Tony...

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Fuentes, Carlos
1928 - 2012

Carlos Fuentes Macías is one of Mexico's most prominent authors, even though he was in fact born in Panama. His father, ...

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