McClure, James
1939 - 2006

The journalist and author James "Jim" McClure’s Scottish parents left for South Africa in 1930, and he was subsequently b...

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Cela, Camilo José
1916 - 2002

Spanish author, born in El Padrón, a small village in the province of La Coruña in northwestern Spain. His father, Camilo, w...

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Brown, Fredric
1906 - 1972

Fredric William Brown was an American author of mainly mystery and science fiction. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...

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Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900

Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...

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