Thomas Stearns Eliot, known as T. S. Eliot, (born September 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. – died January 4, 1965, London, England) was...
Read MoreAgatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, (born September 15, 1890, Torquay, Devon, England – died January 12, 1976, Winterbrook,...
Read MoreJean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland – died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France) was a Swiss-born philosopher, writer, political theorist, and composer....
Read MoreSamuel Beckett, in full Samuel Barclay Beckett, (born April 13, 1906, Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland – died December 22, 1989, Paris, France) was an Irish...
Read MoreThomas Lanier Williams, known as Tennessee Williams, (born March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. – died February 25, 1983, New York, New York, U.S.)...
Read MoreDr. Seuss, pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel, (born March 2, 1904, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. – died September 24, 1991, La Jolla, California, U.S.) was...
Read MoreAnton Chekhov, in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, (born January 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia – died July 15, 1904, Badenweiler, Germany) was a Russian playwright...
Read MoreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his pseudonym Molière, (baptized January 15, 1622, Paris, France – died February 17, 1673, Paris, France) was a French playwright...
Read MoreSylvia Plath, pseudonym Victoria Lucas, (born October 27, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. – died February 11, 1963, London, England) was an American poet, novelist,...
Read MoreF. Scott Fitzgerald, in full Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, (born September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. – died December 21, 1940, Hollywood, California,...
Read MoreGeorge Bernard Shaw (born July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ireland – died November 2, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England) was an Irish playwright, comic...
Read MoreEric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, (born June 25, 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India – died January 21, 1950, London, England)...
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