NDiaye, Marie
1967 -

The French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye was born in Pithiviers, Loiret, about fifty kilometres south of Paris. When...

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Sontag, Susan
1933 - 2004

Susan Sontag was an American author, critic, filmmaker and political activist. She was born in New York as the daughter of...

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Aymé, Marcel
1902 - 1967

French author born in the town of Joigny, Burgundy, as the youngest of six children. His father was a cavalry farrier. His...

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Robinson, Peter
1950 - 2022

Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest...

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