Valéry, Paul
1871 - 1945

French author born and grown up in the southern French port of Sète, where his father was a customs officer. Through his ...

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France, Anatole
1844 - 1924

Anatole France, born in Paris as Anatole François Thibault, was a French novelist and poet. He grew up among books above ...

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Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006

The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish...

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Dos Passos, John
1896 - 1970

American author born in Chicago as John Roderigo Dos Passos to a wealthy lawyer of Portuguese descent. As a child, Dos...

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