Updike, John
1932 - 2009

American author, born in the small town of Shillington in Pennsylvania, where also his earliest works take place, but then...

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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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Innes, Michael
1906 - 1994

Michael Innes is the pen name adopted by John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, a British author and professor of literature at...

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Boccaccio, Giovanni
1313 - 1375

Italian Renaissance author. His place of birth is uncertain; he was either born in Paris or Florence as the illegitimate...

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