Sappho
c. 630 BCE - c. 570 BCE

Thanks to the Athenian politician and poet Solon we know that the lyrical poet Sappho from the island of Lesbos was both...

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O'Brien, Flann
1911 - 1966

Flann O'Brien was born as Brian O Nuallain (Brian O'Nolan) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Brian was the third of...

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Savater, Fernando
1947 -

The Spanish philosopher and activist Fernando Savater is the author of novels, plays, essays and journalism. He was born in...

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Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -

The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...

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