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Sample of authors
Krabbé, Tim
Hans Maarten Timotheus Krabbé was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he still lives. His father, Maarten Krabbé, and his grandfather Hendrik Maarten Krabbé where both well-known painters; his mother, Margreet Reiss, was a translator and author of travel books. Tim Krabbé’s brothers are the actor Jeroen Krabbé and the multimedia artist Mirko Krabbé. Krabbé was raised by his mother after his...
Literary figures
Fu Manchu
Gender: Male
The satanical, extremely intelligent and powerful gang leader was created by Sax Rohmer (pseudonym for Arthur Henry Ward) and has become something of an icon as regards super criminals – preferably Asians – who aspire to world domination. Fu Manchu has green eyes, a shaved head, long droopy moustaches, and has an arch enemy in British agent Nayland Smith who battles against him with varying suc...