Darwish, Mahmoud
1941 - 2008

The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was born in the village of al-Birweh in Western Gallilee to a landowning family. His...

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Tartt, Donna
1963 -

The American novelist Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood and grew up in Grenada, both in the State of Mississippi. She...

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Whitman, Walt
1819 - 1892

Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, a village on Long Island, New York, as the second child of nine to Walter, a house...

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Baudelaire, Charles
1821 - 1867

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris. His father, a government official during the reign of Napoleon, was interested...

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