Mailer, Norman
1923 - 2007

The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New...

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Woolf, Virginia
1882 - 1941

The English author Virginia Woolf, born Stephen, grew up in an educated higher middle-class family in Hyde Park in London....

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Munro, Alice
1931 - 2024

Alice Munro (née Laidlaw) was born in Wingham, a small town situated in South-West Ontario, Canada. Her family were fox and ...

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Banville, John
1945 -

John Banville is one of Ireland’s best known and most prize-winning authors. He was awarded the Booker Prize in 2005, the K...

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