Zweig, Stefan
1881 - 1942

The Austrian novelist, poet and playwright Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna to a wealthy Jewish family. He studied...

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Coetzee, J.M.
1940 -

J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Although he is of Boer descent, the family spoke English...

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Yates, Richard
1926 - 1992

The American author Richard Yates was born in Yonkers, New York. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and as a...

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Lewis, Sinclair
1885 - 1951

American author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. His father was a country doctor and his mother...

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