Vila-Matas, Enrique
1948 -

Spanish author of essays, short stories and novels born in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied law and journalism at...

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Golding, William
1911 - 1993

The English author William Golding was born at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. His father was a teacher, a political radical...

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Hillerman, Tony
1925 - 2008

American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a...

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Montaigne, Michel de
1533 - 1592

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born in a wealthy merchant family that had lived for generations in the ancestral castle...

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