Swift, Graham
1949 -

British author born in Bermondsey, South London. Swift was brought up in a lower middle-class home in Croydon – a happy c...

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Schirach, Ferdinand von
1964 -

Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and author born in Munich to a wealthy Protestant family. He grew up in Munich...

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O'Connor, Joseph
1963 -

Irish author born in Dublin. He is the brother of the singer Sinéad O'Connor and the oldest of five children. His father ...

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Montale, Eugenio
1896 - 1981

The Italian poet and translator Eugenio Montale was born to a middle-class family in Genoa. He was the youngest of seven...

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