Doyle, Arthur Conan
1859 - 1930

Scottish author with Irish ancestry, born in Edinburgh. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, worked as a civil servant, but...

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Saadawi, Nawal El
1931 - 2021

Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian writer and feminist. She was born and raised in a child-rich family in the small village...

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Burke, J.C.
1965 -

J.C. Burke is an Australian author and nurse. Jane Burke was born in Sydney as the fourth of five sisters. Both her parents...

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Nooteboom, Cees
1933 -

Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maris "Cees" Nooteboom is a Dutch author, translator and editor born in The Hague. He lost his...

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