Recent Popular Culture Blog | Famous Writers PostsAnne Rice: Queen of The Horror Taleby Marjorie Dorfman16 Mar 2006 02:15 AMBorn Howard Allen O' Brien on October 4, 1941, in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the second child of Irish Catholic parents. Although she now lives in California, most of her life has been spent in New Orleans, which provides a unique backdrop for her stories. Robert Benchley: A Wit Like No Otherby Marjorie Dorfman07 Mar 2006 03:07 AMRobert Charles Bentley was born on September 15, 1899, in Worchester, Massachusetts at the family home at 14 Kingsbury Street. He had the distinction of being the only child born in the city on that particular day. Dorothy Parker: A Woman Of Acerbic Witby Marjorie Dorfman05 Mar 2006 04:51 AMBorn Dorothy Rothschild on August 22, 1893, in Long Branch, New Jersey, this American writer grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Her parents were of different faiths; her father Jewish and her mother Protestant. Agatha Christie: First Lady of Mysteryby Marjorie Dorfman04 Mar 2006 04:22 AMAgatha May Clarissa Miller was born in Devon, England in 1890, the youngest of three children in a conservative, well-to-do family. Early education was with a governess and tutors, and none of the Miller children attended public schools. Maya Angelou: A True Woman of Substanceby Marjorie Dorfman04 Mar 2006 04:18 AMBorn Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, this African- American poet, author, historian, playwright, actress and civil rights activist (just to name a few things) grew up in Missouri and in Stamps, Arkansas. Ernest Hemmingway: A Brilliance Lostby Marjorie Dorfman27 Feb 2006 04:17 AMBorn at eight o'clock in the morning on July 21, 1899, in a suburb of Chicago, Ernest Hemmingway was one of six children. In later life, he would refer to his hometown of Oak Park as a "place of wide lawns and narrow minds." He was named after his maternal grandfather, Ernest Hall. His father, Dr. Truman Capote: Unlikely Literary Iconby Marjorie Dorfman14 Feb 2006 08:49 AMTruman Streckfus Persons was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 30, 1924. His mother's relatives raised him until 1933 when he moved to New York with his mother and her second husband, Joseph Capote. His stepfather adopted him and renamed him Truman Garcia Capote in 1935. Recent Blog Comments Libby Pelham says... "I just read on CNN that Tiger cancelled today's interview with the police as well." Andrea Hermitt says... "These people obviously have issues." |
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