Lautréamont, comte de
1846 - 1870

The Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym for Isidore Lucien Ducasse, was a French author born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where his ...

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Brontë, Charlotte
1816 - 1855

Charlotte is the only Brontë sister who was acknowledged as an author by her contemporaries. She grew up together with her ...

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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -

The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...

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Henry, O.
1862 - 1910

O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...

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