Boccaccio, Giovanni
1313 - 1375

Italian Renaissance author. His place of birth is uncertain; he was either born in Paris or Florence as the illegitimate...

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Pushkin, Alexander
1799 - 1837

The Russian author Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow to one of the oldest noble families in Russia with...

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Rolland, Romain
1866 - 1944

The French author and playwright Romain Rolland was born in Clamecy, Bourgogne. The family moved to Paris, partly for the...

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Sarrazin, Albertine
1937 - 1967

French author born out of wedlock in Algiers to a French colonel and military surgeon and his fifteen-year-old Jewish...

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