Murdoch, Iris
1919 - 1999

The British author and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch was of both English and Irish stock. She was born in Dublin to...

Further reading

Louÿs, Pierre
1870 - 1925

Pierre Félix Louÿs was a French poet and novelist. He was born to a wealthy family in Ghent, Belgium, in somewhat unclear c...

Further reading

Williams, Tennessee
1911 - 1983

American playwright born in Columbus, Mississippi as Thomas Lanier Williams. His father was a travelling shoe salesman, and...

Further reading

Djebar, Assia
1936 - 2015

Assia Djebar, born as Fatima-Zohra Imalayène, was a French-speaking Algerian author born in 1936 in Cherchell, a small ...

Further reading