Molière
1622 - 1673

Real name Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, theatre manager and actor, born in Paris as the oldest son of a...

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Pinter, Harold
1930 - 2008

English author, poet, playwright and actor. Harold Pinter was born in Hackney in London's East End as the only child of...

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Kendrick, Baynard
1894 - 1977

Baynard Hardwick Kendrick was an American author born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a wealthy family. After graduating...

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Lindgren, Barbro
1937 -

Barbro Lindgren grew up in Ängby outside Stockholm. Her father was an engineer, while her mother, who had attended ...

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