Stein, Gertrude
1874 - 1946

Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in a family of well-educated, cultured German Jews. Her father, Daniel...

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Grass, Günter
1927 - 2015

Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German author born in Danzig (present-day Gdansk in Poland) to German-Polish parents. His father ...

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Foenkinos, David
1974 -

David Foenkinos is a French bestselling author. Born in Paris, he studied literature and music there after which he worked...

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O'Neill, Eugene
1888 - 1953

The American playwright Eugene O'Neill, the son of actors James O'Neill and Ella Quinlan, was born in a Manhattan hotel....

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