Crofts, Freeman Wills
1879 - 1957

Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young....

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Skvorecky, Josef
1924 - 2012

The Czech author, editor, translator and (film)scriptwriter Josef Škvorecký was born in Náchod, in Bohemia. He is co...

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Raymond, Derek
1931 - 1994

English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a...

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Henry, O.
1862 - 1910

O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...

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