Cheever, John
1912 - 1982

American author born in Quincy, Massachusetts. Cheever’s father owned a shoe factory, but he fell on hard times in the f...

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Lindgren, Torgny
1938 - 2017

The Swedish author Torgny Lindgren was born Gustav Torgny Lindgren at Raggsjö, Västerbotten County. In the 1970s, he moved t...

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Beauvoir, Simone de
1908 - 1986

The French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir was born and grew up as the oldest daughter of a noble Catholic family...

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Saramago, José
1922 - 2010

The Portuguese author José (de Sousa) Saramago was born in the small village of Azinhaga in Ribatejo Province, Portugal. ...

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