Magnan, Pierre
1922 - 2012

The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated,...

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Whitney, Phyllis A.
1903 - 2008

Phyllis A. (Ayame) Whitney was born to American parents in Yokohama in Japan, where her father worked for an export...

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Pepetela
1941 -

His full name is Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos, an Angolan author, born in the coastal town of Benguela. He took...

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Wheatley, Dennis
1897 - 1977

The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and...

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