Baudelaire, Charles
1821 - 1867

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris. His father, a government official during the reign of Napoleon, was interested...

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Stendhal
1783 - 1842

French author born in Grenoble as Marie-Henri Beyle. His father was a lawyer. Beyle went to Paris as a young man where he...

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Stefánsson, Jón Kalman
1963 -

The Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson grew up in Reykjavik, but also spent a lot of time in the countryside. After s...

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Greene, Graham
1904 - 1991

Henry Graham Greene was a British author and journalist born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who became one of the foremost...

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