Sappho
c. 630 BCE - c. 570 BCE

Thanks to the Athenian politician and poet Solon we know that the lyrical poet Sappho from the island of Lesbos was both...

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Conrad, Joseph
1857 - 1924

He was born under the name of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, Ukraine. His family belonged to the lower ...

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Abulhawa, Susan
1970 -

The Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa was born in a refugee camp in Kuwait. As a result of the Six-Day War in 1967, when...

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Osman, Richard
1970 -

Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...

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