Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, known as Jack Kerouac, (born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. – died October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.)...
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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known as Bertolt Brecht, (born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, German Empire – died August 14, 1956, East Berlin, East Germany)...
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René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, (born December 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – died December 29,...
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Alfred Tennyson, also known as Alfred Lord Tennyson, (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England – died October 6, 1892, Lurgashall, Sussex, England) was...
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William Makepeace Thackeray (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India – died December 24, 1863, London, England) was an English novelist, poet, and illustrator, mainly...
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Helen Adams Keller (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S. – died June 1, 1968, Easton, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American author and lecturer...
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell (born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales—died February 2, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales) was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, and...
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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Denmark – died November 11, 1855, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and social critic...
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Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia – died April 17, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico) was a Colombian novelist, short story writer,...
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Charles Darwin, full name Charles Robert Darwin, (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England – died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent, England) was an...
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James Joyce (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland—died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, was an Irish novelist, short-story...
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Lord Byron, in full George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (born January 22, 1788, London, England – died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi, Greece) was...
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