Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -

The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...

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Restrepo, Laura
1950 -

Laura Restrepo is a Latin-American journalist and author born in Bogotá, Colombia. She was the elder of two sisters who ...

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Wingfield, R.D.
1928 - 2007

His full name was Rodney David Wingfield, an English author and dramatist, born in Hackney in London. He was educated at...

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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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