Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat
1689 - 1755

French man of letters and political philosopher; after Voltaire the most important cultural influence in France and in...

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Kutscher, Volker
1962 -

The German author Volker Kutscher was born in Lindlar and grew up in Wipperfürth near Köln (Cologne). He studied Germanic L...

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Ammaniti, Niccolò
1966 -

The Italian author Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome to a middle-class family. He studied biology at university and because ...

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Duncan, Lois
1934 - 2016

Lois Duncan Steinmetz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Joseph Steinmetz and his wife Lois Duncan,...

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