Ko Un
1933 -

The Korean poet, essayist and novelist Ko Un was born as Ko Untae to a peasant family in Gunsan, North Jeolla province. He...

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Trollope, Anthony
1815 - 1882

Anthony Trollope was born in a higher middle-class family in England in the Victorian era. His father was a less successful...

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Bouraoui, Nina
1967 -

The French novelist and songwriter Nina Yasmina Bouraoui was born in Rennes as the child of an Algerian father, an...

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Crispin, Edmund
1921 - 1978

Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym for Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English pianist and organist, composer and author of...

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