Tabucchi, Antonio
1943 - 2012

The Italian author, scholar, translator and journalist Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa where he also studied at...

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MacBride, Stuart
1969 -

Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...

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Barnes, Julian
1946 -

The English author Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, but grew up in West London with his brother Jonathan. Their...

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Verlaine, Paul
1844 - 1896

Paul Verlaine, one of the finest early modern poets, was born in Metz in north-east France where his father, an army...

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