Fo, Dario
1926 - 2016

Italian playwright and actor, born in Sangiano in northern Italy. The father worked as a station master while the mother...

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Himes, Chester
1909 - 1984

Chester Bomar Himes was among the foremost Afro-American authors, especially in terms of the way he wrote about racism in...

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James, Henry
1843 - 1916

Henry James was an American author born in New York to a wealthy, intellectual family of Irish and Scottish origin. His...

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Trollope, Anthony
1815 - 1882

Anthony Trollope was born in a higher middle-class family in England in the Victorian era. His father was a less successful...

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