Golding, William
1911 - 1993

The English author William Golding was born at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. His father was a teacher, a political radical...

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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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Raymond, Derek
1931 - 1994

English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a...

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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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