Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021

The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...

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MacLean, Alistair
1922 - 1987

The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair...

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Wolkers, Jan
1925 - 2007

The Dutch author and artist Jan Wolkers was born in Oegstgeest near Leiden as the third of eleven children. His father...

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Malamud, Bernard
1914 - 1986

Bernard Malamud was an American author born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. The family...

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