Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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Collins, Suzanne
1962 -

Suzanne Collins is an American author of books for children and young adults. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her...

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Seifert, Jaroslav
1901 - 1986

The Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert was born in the deprived working class district of Zizkov in Prague. He joined the...

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Turow, Scott
1949 -

Scott Frederick Turow is an American author born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father was working as a physicist. Both...

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