McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023

American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...

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Warner, Alan
1964 -

Alan Warner is a Scottish author born in Connel near Oban on the west coast of Scotland. He grew up in a working class...

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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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Hardy, Thomas
1840 - 1928

The English author Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford near Dorchester in Dorset, the son of a stonemason and local builder....

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