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Jean Aicard Facts

Jean François Victor Aicard (February 4, 1848 – May 13, 1921) was a French poet, dramatist and novelist.

Aapeli Facts

Simo Tapio Puupponen (23 October 1915 in Kuopio – 11 October 1967 in Helsinki) better known by the pen name Aapeli, was a Finnish writer and novelist. Aapeli was a journalist for the Pohjois-Savo and Savon Sanomat newspapers. In 1959 Aapeli won the

Matty Malneck Facts

Matty Malneck (December 9, 1903 – February 25, 1981) was an American jazz bandleader, violinist, violist and songwriter.

Marie Hamsun Facts

was a Norwegian actor and writer. She was the second wife of the writer Knut Hamsun, with whom she had four children.

John Harwood Facts

John Harwood (born November 5, 1956) is an American journalist who is the chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC. He is also a writer for The New York Times. He writes a weekly column entitled “The Caucus” that appears on Monday about Washington pol

Stanislaw Lem Facts

Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy, and satire. Trained physician. His books have been translated into forty-one languages and have sold over forty-five million copies. From the 195

Daniel Tammet Facts

Daniel Tammet FRSA (born 31 January 1979) is an English writer, essayist, translator, and autistic savant. His 2006 memoir, Born on a Blue Day, about his life with high-functioning autism and savant syndrome, was named a “Best Book for Young Adults”

Rose Angela Horan Facts

Mother Rose Angela Horan, S.P., (June 13, 1895 – August 19, 1985) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1960–1966. During her term, she supervised the division of the Congregation into sep

David Cook Facts

David Cook (21 September 1940 – 16 September 2015) was a British author, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for the screen adaptation of his 1978 novel Walter, and was the first presenter of the UK TV programme Rainbow. He was born in Preston

Vladimir Nazor Facts

Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was Croatian poet and politician. He was the first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. He began his political career as the head of the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia (Z

Mildred Seydell Facts

Mildred Seydell (born Mildred Rutherford Woolley; March 21, 1889 – February 20, 1988) was a pioneering woman journalist in Georgia breaking the gender barrier in newspapers in the state. Seydel wrote as a syndicated columnist and founded the Seyde

Margarita Robles de Mendoza Facts

Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896-1954) was a Mexican feminist and suffragette. She was one of the most vocal proponents for Mexican women’s enfranchisement during the 1930s and 1940s and often seen as controversial. She worked as a journalist and wr