Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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Diski, Jenny
1947 - 2016

The British author Jenny Diski was born in London as Jenny Simmonds. She had a traumatic childhood with a father who...

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Ani, Friedrich
1959 -

Friedrich Ani was born in Kochel am See, Bavaria. His father was Syrian and his mother was born in Silesia. After...

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McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023

American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...

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