Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel
1939 - 2003

Spanish author, journalist, essayist and poet. Vázquez Montalbán was born in Barcelona the same year as General Franco came o...

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Radcliffe, Ann
1764 - 1823

The English author Ann Radcliffe was born in London as the daughter of William and Ann Ward. In 1772, the family moved to...

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Oates, Joyce Carol
1938 -

American author, born into a Protestant working-class family in the little town of Lockport in the western part of the...

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Fo, Dario
1926 - 2016

Italian playwright and actor, born in Sangiano in northern Italy. The father worked as a station master while the mother...

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