Lasdun, James
1958 -

English author and poet, born and brought up in London, but has lived in the USA since 1986. James Lasdun gained a B.A....

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Mayakovsky, Vladimir
1893 - 1930

Vladimir Mayakovsky's name is closely interwoven with the Russian Revolution. This fact makes him as controversial as the...

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Hulová, Petra
1979 -

The Czech author Petra Hulová was born in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. She grew up with two fathers and many stepsisters ...

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Pindar
c. 518 BCE - c. 438 BCE

Little is known about the Greek poet Pindar (Greek: Pindaros). He was probably born in the village of Cynoscephalae near...

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