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A popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and

A popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming.She had written all through her infant and junior years and on into her teens, the stories changing from children's adventures to torrid gypsy passions.

Is an African-American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rur

Is an African-American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rural Mississippi, joining the Civil Rights Movement, and fighting racism against blacks in the United States beginning in the 1960s.

Was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.Anne w

Was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.Anne was raised in a household that fostered achievement. Every day at 5 PM, her mother would drop everything and read to her children. After the young Morrows outgrew this practice, they would employ that hour to read by themselves, or to write poetry and diaries. Anne in particular later capitalized on this routine learned in her youth to write her diaries, eventually published to critical acclaim.

An internationally renowned poet from Sri Lanka.Escaping from Nazi Germany to England, she married a

An internationally renowned poet from Sri Lanka.Escaping from Nazi Germany to England, she married a Sri Lankan professor and became a citizen of Sri Lanka in 1956. Her first collection of poems, and the Sun That Sucks The Earth to Dry, was published in 1971. Although primarily a poet, she has also published short stories, essays, and translations. Her works have been broadcast on radio and published in seventeen countries and translated into nine languages.

Is a best-selling American author of gothic and religious-themed books. She is best known for her pr

Is a best-selling American author of gothic and religious-themed books. She is best known for her prevailing thematical focus on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history. [1][2][3][4]

Was an American poet and writer.sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life

Was an American poet and writer.sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life near Boston, Massachusetts. In 1945, Sexton began attending a boarding school, Rogers Hall, in Lowell, Massachusetts. For a time as a young woman, she modeled at Boston's Hart Agency. Although she was already engaged to someone else, in August 1948 she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, known as "Kayo." The couple drove from Massachusetts to North Carolina, where the legal marrying age was 18. Before their divorce in the early 1970s, she had two children with Kayo: Linda Gray Sexton, later a novelist and memoirist, and Joyce Sexton. Controversy was stirred with the posthumous public release of tapes recorded during Sexton's psychotherapy (and thus subject to doctor-patient confidentiality), in which Sexton revealed the attempted incestuous rape of her daughter her daughter.[1] In this case the crime is confirmed by her duaghter, although no legal action was ever taken.

Is a French television and radio interviewer, who hosted one of the most popular political shows dur

Is a French television and radio interviewer, who hosted one of the most popular political shows during more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel. She also covered the 2008 American Presidential campaign for the leading French Sunday paper, Le Journal du Dimanche, and the French TV channel Canal +.

Is a German pianist, composer and piano teacher. Anne Terzibaschitsch was born in Essen, Germany, on

Is a German pianist, composer and piano teacher. Anne Terzibaschitsch was born in Essen, Germany, on August 5, 1955. She was taught her first piano lessons at the age of five and her first violin and cello lessons at the ages of ten and twelve respectively.

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist.Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduated at age

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist.Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduated at age nineteen from Duke University, and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University in New York City. She worked as a librarian and bibliographer before moving to Maryland.

Was an Australian poet and novelist.Wilson was born in 1848 at Greenvale, Victoria, the daughter of

Was an Australian poet and novelist.Wilson was born in 1848 at Greenvale, Victoria, the daughter of Robert Adams. In 1874, she married James Glenny Wilson and went to New Zealand. Her husband, a well-known public man, was knighted in 1915. Her first book of poems, Themes and Variations, came out in London in 1889 and was followed by a novel, Alice Lauder, a Sketch, in 1893. Another novel, Two Summers published by Harper in 1900, was later included in Macmillan's colonial library. In 1901 A Book of Verses was published (new and slightly enlarged edition, 1917), a collection of her poems from English, American and Australian magazines. Her husband died in 1929 leaving her with two sons and two daughters. Lady Wilson died in New Zealand and is buried in the Clifton Cemetery at Bulls. Some of her poems are included in several Australian and New Zealand anthologies.

Is a French journalist and television presenter. She deputises for Claire Chazal, presenting the eve

Is a French journalist and television presenter. She deputises for Claire Chazal, presenting the evening news bulletin (20 Heures) from Friday to Sunday as well as the lunchtime bulletin at 1 o'clock (13 Heures) at the weekend, when she is away on TF1. She also presents the Sunday evening magazine programme 'Sept a Huit' with Harry Roselmack (who substitutes for TF1 newsreader Patrick Poivre d'Arvor.) After gaining a degree from the IEP of Bordeaux,

Is a Dutch writer and translator. She was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 2008, and has rec

Is a Dutch writer and translator. She was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 2008, and has received numerous other prizes as well.

Is a Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist, especia

Is a Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist, especially known for her research on the society and culture of the Cold War period in Romania and the Romanian Revolution of 1989. A former main analyst for Südo

Was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany. She gained international

Was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany. She gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her diary which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.

Is a Senegalese writer. She is Ousmane William Mbaye's mother, a famous filmmaker.She writes special

Is a Senegalese writer. She is Ousmane William Mbaye's mother, a famous filmmaker.She writes specially children's literature and poetry and is associated to Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily in Gorée.

Is a German musician and composer. Schlünz took a teaching position at the Dresden Center for Conte

Is a German musician and composer. Schlünz took a teaching position at the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music in 1987 and taught at the Dresden Music School from 1987 to 1992. She went on a concert and lecture tour in South America in 1996, and also appeared in Denmark, France, Spain, the USA, and Vietnam in 2001. She has also lectured at the electronic music studio of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the Brandenburg Colloquium, the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart and the German Academy at the Villa Massimo in Rome. She was composer-in-residence at GRAME Centre National de Création Musicale in Lyon in 2005.[2]

A 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.

A 19th century German author, and one of the most important German poets.

Is an American poet, librettist, and critic, translator, and editor of poetry. She is known for her

Is an American poet, librettist, and critic, translator, and editor of poetry. She is known for her attention to a variety of poetic forms, her focus on earth-based spirituality, and her interest in the traditions of women's poetry. She is the author of f

The orange trees of Versailles - Novel - Delacorte Press / Randomhouse - 2004

The orange trees of Versailles - Novel - Delacorte Press / Randomhouse - 2004

Is a French short story writer and English to French translator. Saumont started as a specialist in

Is a French short story writer and English to French translator. Saumont started as a specialist in English literature and an English to French translator. She has translated books by V.S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and John Fowles among others. Saumont is best known for her short stories, however. She has been writing short stories for twenty years and now has some 200 to her name.[1] She has won a number of prizes for her work including the 1981 Prix Goncourt for short stories for Quelquefois dans les cérémonies, the 1989 SGDL Short Story prize for Je suis pas un camion, and the 1993 Renaissance Short Story Prize for Les voilà quel bonheur.

Is a Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model from Taiwan. He is a member of the famous Taiwanes

Is a Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model from Taiwan. He is a member of the famous Taiwanese boy band JVKV, also known as F4, and has starred in many Taiwanese dramas. His stage name, ???, literally means

Was an Edo period Japanese priest of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism; devotee of the tea cerem

Was an Edo period Japanese priest of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism; devotee of the tea ceremony; connoisseur of camellias; and dilettante poet. The name Anrakuan takes from the name of the tea house that he built and lived at after he retired at the age of seventy. He is famous as the author of the Seisuisho (???, Laughs to Wake You Up), which is a collection of humorous anecdotes. The Seisuisho is considered a major progenitor of the popular Edo-period literary genre called hanashibon (??), books of humorous stories.[1] For this reason, Anrakuan Sakuden is called the founder of rakugo (???), the popular form of comic monologue performed by special storytellers.[2] Anrakuan is also known as the founder of the Anrakuan school of Japanese tea ceremony.

Was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a bishop of Sejny. He used the pseudonyms A.B., Bangputys,

Was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a bishop of Sejny. He used the pseudonyms A.B., Bangputys, Jurksztas Smalausis, Jurkštas Smalausis, and Baronas. He also wrote Poetry in Polish

Was a Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director. His best known work is the novel The White Shroud

Was a Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director. His best known work is the novel The White Shroud (Balta drobule). Antanas Škema was born on November 29, 1910 (according to his birth certificate in 1911) in Lódz, Poland where his father was sent to wor

Was a Lithuanian priest and poet. Because of his humble origins and lifestyle, he became somewhat of

Was a Lithuanian priest and poet. Because of his humble origins and lifestyle, he became somewhat of a folklore hero. Not all facts about his life are known for sure. Born to a poor serf family, he attended many schools established by monasteries, includi