Grandes, Almudena
1960 - 2021

Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish author born in Madrid. After studies in geography and history she worked for a ...

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Joyce, James
1882 - 1941

James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, John Stanislaus Joyce, came from a wealthy family, but when he started...

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Sittenfeld, Curtis
1975 -

Curtis Sittenfeld was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, as the second oldest of four siblings. Her mother taught history of...

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Seferis, Giorgos
1900 - 1971

The first Nobel Prize laureate to come out of Greece was born Georgios Seferiades in Urla near Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey),...

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