Sand, George
1804 - 1876

A pseudonym of Aurore Dudevant, a French author born in Paris as Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, but from the age of four...

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Chatterton, Thomas
1752 - 1770

British poet and satirist born in Bristol where he grew up in the shadow of the city's magnificent 15th century cathedral,...

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Welty, Eudora
1909 - 2001

Eudora Alice Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi as the oldest of three children. Her father, Christian Webb Welty,...

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O'Neill, Eugene
1888 - 1953

The American playwright Eugene O'Neill, the son of actors James O'Neill and Ella Quinlan, was born in a Manhattan hotel....

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