Matheson, Richard
1926 - 2013

Richard Matheson was born in New Jersey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After his parents divorce he lived with his...

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Adonis
1930 -

Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...

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Tóibin, Colm
1955 -

Colm Tóibín is an Irish author and journalist who grew up in Enniscorthy in the south-west of Ireland as one of Bríd and Mi...

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Phillips, Caryl
1958 -

British author born on St. Kitts in the West Indies from where his parents joined the millions that have crossed the...

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