Powys, John Cowper
1872 - 1963

John Cowper Powys was a novelist, essayist, philosopher, poet and lecturer born in Shirley, Derbyshire as the son of the...

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Hart, Carolyn
1936 -

Carolyn Hart was born Carolyn Gimpel in Oklahoma City, a city where she lived all her life. She attended the University of...

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King, Laurie R.
1952 -

American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...

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Brodsky, Joseph
1940 - 1996

The Russian poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky was born to a Jewish family in Leningrad as Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky. His...

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