Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

male, deceased (1896)
Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the "fin de...
William S. Burroughs Jr.

William S. Burroughs Jr.

male, deceased (1981)
William Seward Burroughs II, more commonly known as William S. Burroughs (pronounced), was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter...
Sergei Diaghilev

Sergei Diaghilev

male, deceased (1929)
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ("Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev"), also referred to as Serge was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder...
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

male, deceased (1975)
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. Pasolini distinguished himself as a philosopher, linguist,...
W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

male, deceased (1965)
William Somerset Maugham, CH (January 25 1874 - December 16 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and theatre writer. He was one of the most...
Horatio Alger Jr.

Horatio Alger Jr.

male, deceased (1899) (Revere, Massachusetts, United States)
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works...
Henry de Montherlant

Henry de Montherlant

male, deceased (1972)
Henry de Montherlant was a French writer of essays and novels. His early successes were works such as the tetralogy "Les jeunes filles" (1936-1939)...
Boris Kochno

Boris Kochno

male, deceased (1990)
Boris Kochno was a Russian poet, dancer and librettist. He was a lover of Karol Szymanowski while a schoolboy of fifteen in Elisavetgrad (now...
Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey

male, deceased (1932)
Giles Lytton Strachey (March 1 1880 - January 21 1932) was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography...

Marc Allégret

male, deceased (1973)
Marc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director. Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Ma...