Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
1948 - 2011

Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish crime writer and criminal investigator. He was born and lived most of his life in H...

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Malet, Léo
1909 - 1996

French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his ...

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Albee, Edward
1928 - 2016

Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright born in Washington DC. His parents abandoned him immediately after he...

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Camus, Albert
1913 - 1960

French author, born in Algeria to French parents. Having lost his father early on, he was raised alone by the mother, who...

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