nora ephron
Nora Ephron, acclaimed essayist, novelist, screenwriter and director was born
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r. k. narayan
R. K. Narayan (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan) , 1906-2001, Indian novelist, b.
Madras (n...
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lawrence treat
American writer frequently called the "father" of the modern police procedural
novel, al...
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amy tan
A my Tan (Chinese: born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American author. Born in Oakland, Californi...
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kathryn hulme
K athryn Hulme (January 6, 1900 - 1981). Author of The Nun’s Story (1956) the best selling no...
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ambrose bierce
A mbrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio - date of death uncertain, possibl...
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james r. schlesinger
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J ames Rodney Schlesinger (born 15 February 1929) was United States Secretary of Defense fr...
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ulysses s. grant
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U lysses Simpson Grant (April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was an American Civil War General a...
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wolfgang amadeus mozart
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P erhaps the greatest musical genius who ever lived, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Sa...
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simone de beauvoir
De Beauvoir grew up in a respected borgeois family, the eldest of two daughters.
She...
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nadine gordimer
Born in Springs, South Africa, 20/11/1923. Daughter of Isidore and Nan Gordimer.
Ha...
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patricia highsmith
Patricia Highsmith, mystery writer, was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She was
originall...
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ursula k. le guin
Born in 1929 in Berkeley, California, daughter of writer Theodora Kroeber and
anthrop...
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israel zangwill
I srael Zangwill (February 14, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was an early Zionist and writer.
His earl...
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sheryl crow
S inger, pianist and guitarist, born Sheryl Suzanne Crow, on February 11, 1962, in Kennett, Missour...
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harold robbins
Harold Robbins (born Francis Kane[1] and given the adoptive
name of Harold Rubin) (Ma...
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philip pullman
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part of his
life was...
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iris murdoch
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), British writer and philosopher, born in Dublin,
Ireland, and e...
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anne frank
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A nne Frank symbolized the power of a book. Because of the diary she kept between 1942 and ...
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samuel beckett
T he Irish genius Samuel Barclay Beckett was born of a Protestant family in Dublin on 13 April 1906...
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philip k. dick
He was born prematurely, along with his twin sister Jane, in Chicago on
December 16, 1928....
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a.a. milne
A. A. Milne (1882-1956), English author of a series of children's books
that have becom...
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