Owens, Delia
1949 -

The American zoologist Delia Owens didn’t make her debut as a literary author until she was almost seventy years old. B...

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Skvorecky, Josef
1924 - 2012

The Czech author, editor, translator and (film)scriptwriter Josef Škvorecký was born in Náchod, in Bohemia. He is co...

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Flaubert, Gustave
1821 - 1880

The French author Gustave Flaubert, the son of a prominent surgeon, grew up in Rouen. Both his parents were atheists, and,...

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Vonnegut, Kurt
1922 - 2007

American author, born in Indianapolis, where both his father and grandfather were working as architects. Further back, the...

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