Adonis
1930 -

Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...

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Slaughter, Karin
1971 -

The American author Karin Slaughter was born and raised in Jonesboro, a small town near Atlanta, Georgia where her father...

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott
1896 - 1940

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (F. Scott Fitzgerald) was an American novelist and author of short stories born in St. Paul,...

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Matute, Ana María
1925 - 2014

Ana María Matute was a Spanish author born in a wealthy, conservative family in Barcelona as the second of five children. ...

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