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Rex Pickett (born July 9, 1956) is an American novelist and filmmaker best known for his novel Sideways, which was adapted into a 2004 movie of the same name directed by Alexander Payne.
Mate Balota (28 September 1898 – 17 February 1963), born Mijo Mirković, was a prominent Croatian poet, novelist and economist. He was born in Rakalj.
Lazar “Laza” K. Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазаp К. Лазаревић, 13 May, 1851 – 10 January 1891, Gregorian calendar) was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist. The primary interest of Lazarević throughout his short life wa
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff /ˈɡɜːrdʒiˌɛf/ (January 13, 1866 – 1877? – October 29, 1949), also commonly referred to as Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and G. I. Gurdjieff, was an influential early 20th century Russian mystic, philosopher, spiritua
Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, whose son is professional
János Pilinszky (25 November 1921, in Budapest – 27 May 1981, in Budapest) was a Hungarian poet.
Caitríona O’Reilly (born in Dublin in 1973) is an Irish poet and critic. She took BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, The Nowhere
Greg Weisman (born September 28, 1963) is a novelist and American comic book and animation writer and producer, best known as the (uncredited) co-creator of Gargoyles and as the Supervising Producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man. Weisman also worked
Julia Pomeroy is an American actress and author. She first came into the public eye after appearing alongside Matt Dillon in the 1979 cult film Over The Edge. She played “Julia”, the head of the teenager’s rec center, and one of the few adult charact
Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov (/bʊlˈɡɑːkəf/; Russian: Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков, May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891 – March 10, 1940) was a Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century.
Randa Abdel-Fattah (born 6 June 1979) is an Australian Muslim writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage. Randa was born in Australia and her debut novel, Does My Head Look Big in This?, was published in 2005.