Arjouni, Jakob
1964 - 2013

Pseudonym for the German author and dramatist Jakob Bothe. He was born as Jakob Michelsen in Frankfurt am Main as the son...

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Hemingway, Ernest
1899 - 1961

American author, born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father Clarence was a doctor and his mother Grace a...

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McMurtry, Larry
1936 - 2021

The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas....

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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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