Gao Xingjian
1940 -

Chinese author and artist born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province in eastern China. His father was a bank clerk and his mother an...

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King, Stephen
1947 -

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...

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Persson, Leif G.W.
1945 -

Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the...

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Beckett, Samuel
1906 - 1989

The Irishman Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and a prominent figure within...

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