Cheever, John
1912 - 1982

American author born in Quincy, Massachusetts. Cheever’s father owned a shoe factory, but he fell on hard times in the f...

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Valtinos, Thanassis
1932 -

The Greek novelist and screenwriter Thanassis Valtinos was born in the village of Karatoulas, Arcadia, in the Peleponnese....

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Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993

Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...

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Kemelman, Harry
1908 - 1996

Harry Kemelman was an American mystery writer and professor of English. He was born in Boston to Russian-Jewish immigrant...

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