Pamuk, Orhan
1952 -

Turkish author, born and grew up in Istanbul, Nisantasi, in an affluent middle-class family. The father was a civil...

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Burke, James Lee
1936 -

James Lee Burke is an American author of Irish descent born in Houston, Texas, and brought up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf...

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Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
1951 -

Spanish author born in Cartagena in the south-eastern part of the country. Between 1973 and 1994, Pérez-Reverte worked as a ...

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Verlaine, Paul
1844 - 1896

Paul Verlaine, one of the finest early modern poets, was born in Metz in north-east France where his father, an army...

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