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Vladimir Lichutin Facts

Vladimir Vladimirovich Lichutin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Личу́тин, born March 13, 1940, in Mezen, Mezensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, USSR) is a Soviet Russian writer, a major proponent of the derevenschiki m

Joseph Hergesheimer Facts

Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

Tom Robbins Facts

Thomas Eugene “Tom” Robbins (born July 22, 1932) is an American author. His best-selling novels are “seriocomedies” (also known as “comedy-drama”), often wildly poetic stories with a strong social and philosophical undercurrent, an irreverent bent, a

Edna Ferber Facts

Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 mus

Deborah Moggach Facts

Deborah Moggach (born Deborah Hough; 28 June 1948) is an English writer. She has written eighteen novels including The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever, These Foolish Things which was made into the hit movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Heartbreak Hotel.

Richard Zimler Facts

Richard Zimler (born 1 January 1956 in Roslyn Heights, New York) is a best-selling author of fiction. His books, which have earned him a 1994 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Fiction and the 1998 Herodotus Award, have been published in ma

Junot Diaz Facts

Junot Díaz (born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and fiction editor at Boston Review. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freedom University, a vol

Bernardino Zapponi Facts

Bernardino Zapponi (September 4, 1927 – February 11, 2000) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter best known for his films written in collaboration with Federico Fellini.

Dashiell Hammett Facts

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), N

Judith Sheftel Facts

Miguel Delibes Facts

Miguel Delibes Setién (17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of ’36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occu

Alphonse Daudet Facts

Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the father of writers Léon Daudet and Lucien Daudet.