sandra cisneros
Sandra Cisneros did not have a "normal" childhood. "As a person growing up in a
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kate chopin
American author Kate Chopin (1850?1904) wrote about a hundred short stories and
two nove...
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john lennon
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T he murder of John Lennon, who in so many ways represented the heart and soul not just of ...
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lemony snicket
LEMONY SNICKET was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well. His family ...
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mark twain
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S amuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen nam...
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jim carrey
C arrey was born in Newmarket on January 17, 1962, Ontario, Canada and began performing in Toronto ...
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miguel de cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish dramatist, poet, and author wrote Don
Quixo...
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edward coke
S ir Edward Coke (pronounced “cook") (1 February 1552 - 3 September 1634) was an early Englis...
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john knowles
John Knowles was born in 1926 in Fairmont, West Virginia. He left home at age 15
to atten...
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helen keller
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H elen Keller was less than two years old when she came down with a fever. It struck dramat...
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r.l. stine
Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as R. L. Stine, is
a nove...
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alice walker
A lice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous nov...
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zachary taylor
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Z achary Taylor (November 24, 1784-July 9, 1850), also known as “Old Rough and Ready,...
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mary antin
Mary Antin was born on June 13, 1881, in Polotzk, Russia, the daughter of Israel
and Esthe...
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alain locke
Alain LeRoy Locke was born on September 13, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
into...
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mary austin holley
Mary Austin Holley, a first cousin of Stephen F. Austin, was a woman of wealth,
culture and...
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katherine anne porter
Nationally acclaimed writer Callie Russell Porter was born in Indian Creek,
Texas, on...
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jhumpa lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri was born 1967 in London, England, and raised in Rhode
Island. She is a gradua...
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paul attanasio
Screenwriter whose Oscar -nominated films include Quiz Show (1994) and Donnie Brasco (1997)....
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thomas mann
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T homas Mann, the foremost German novelist of the 20th century, was born of a patrician fam...
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