Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986

Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...

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Franzen, Jonathan
1959 -

The American author and essayist Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois, but grew up in Webster Groves, a...

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Day Lewis, Cecil
1904 - 1972

Irish poet, publisher and professor, and a British citizen from 1948. Cecil Day Lewis is one of the most prominent names in...

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Gorky, Maxim
1868 - 1936

Russian author, born and raised in Nizhny Novgorod at the Volga River. His real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, but he...

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