Adonis
1930 -

Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...

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Brontë, Emily
1818 - 1848

Emily Brontë was younger than Charlotte and older than Anne Brontë. The sisters were brought up together with their brother B...

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Nin, Anaïs
1903 - 1977

Anaïs Nin was an American author born and raised in Paris, Barcelona and New York. Her mother was a soprano of ...

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Childers, Erskine
1870 - 1922

The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president...

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