Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900

Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...

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O'Connor, Joseph
1963 -

Irish author born in Dublin. He is the brother of the singer Sinéad O'Connor and the oldest of five children. His father ...

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Johnson, Uwe
1934 - 1984

The German author Uwe Johnson was born in Cammin, Pomerania (present day Kamien Pomorski in Poland). He grew up at Anklam,...

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Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998

The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...

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