Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021

The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...

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Follett, Ken
1949 -

British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...

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Thompson, Arthur Leonard Bell
1917 - 1975

Francis Clifford is the pseudonym of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson, a major British author of crime fiction and spy...

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Celan, Paul
1920 - 1970

The Romanian Jewish poet who wrote under the pen name Paul Celan was born as Paul Antschel. He grew up in Chernivtsi,...

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