Céline, Louis-Ferdinand
1894 - 1961

A pseudonym of Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, born in Courbevoie, near Paris. His father was an insurance company official and...

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Rao, Raja
1908 - 2006

Raja Rao was one of the foremost 20th century Indian authors that wrote in English. He was less prolific than Mulk Raj...

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Unsworth, Barry
1930 - 2012

The British author Barry Unsworth was born to a family of miners in County Durham, northeast England. They moved away from...

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Jong, Erica
1942 -

Erica Jong is an American author born in New York as Erica Mann to Jewish parents of Polish and Russian descent. Her father...

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