Akhmatova, Anna
1889 - 1966

The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was born as Anna Andreyevna Gorenko in Odessa, but she spent most of her childhood in...

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Lovecraft, H.P.
1890 - 1937

The American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father, who was a travelling...

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Kadaré, Ismaïl
1936 -

Albanian author born in Gjirokastër in southern Albania near the border with Greece. His father was a postman. Ismail ...

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Qiu Xiaolong
1953 -

Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution...

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