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.)...
Read MoreEugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known as Bertolt Brecht, (born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, German Empire – died August 14, 1956, East Berlin, East Germany)...
Read MoreRené Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, (born December 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – died December 29,...
Read MoreAlfred Tennyson, also known as Alfred Lord Tennyson, (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England – died October 6, 1892, Lurgashall, Sussex, England) was...
Read MoreWilliam Makepeace Thackeray (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India – died December 24, 1863, London, England) was an English novelist, poet, and illustrator, mainly...
Read MoreHelen Adams Keller (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S. – died June 1, 1968, Easton, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American author and lecturer...
Read MoreBertrand Arthur William Russell (born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales—died February 2, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales) was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, and...
Read MoreSøren Aabye Kierkegaard (born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Denmark – died November 11, 1855, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and social critic...
Read MoreGabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia – died April 17, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico) was a Colombian novelist, short story writer,...
Read MoreCharles Darwin, full name Charles Robert Darwin, (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England – died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent, England) was an...
Read MoreJames 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...
Read MoreLord Byron, in full George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (born January 22, 1788, London, England – died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi, Greece) was...
Read More