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Freule Christine De Bosch Kemper

Freule Christiane de Bosch Kemper was a Dutch writer. She was the daughter of the rich Professor Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper and a Maria Hulshoff (not the author Maria Hulshoff). J. G. de Hoop Scheffer, then Mennonite pastor at Amsterdam, baptised her in 1861. She began to concentrate on the education of young women in 1867, and to further that purpose moved in 1880 from Amsterdam to Amersfoort, where she opened her house as a school to educate all classes of young women for free.

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Philip Wylie

Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 - October 25, 1971) was an American author.

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Michael Shaara (1928-1988)

Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 - May 5, 1988) was an American writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. He was born to Italian immigrant parents (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced the same way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University in 1951, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne division prior to the Korean War.

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Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson (1832-1910)

Bjrnstjerne Martinius Bjrnson (8 December 1832 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjrnson is considered as one of The Four Greats (De Fire Store) Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland. Bjrnson is celebrated for his lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".

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Iginio Ugo Tarachetti

Ugo Iginio Tarchetti (29 June 1839 - 25 March 1869) was an Italian author, poet, and journalist. Born in San Salvatore Monferrato, his military career was cut short by ill health, and in 1865 he settled in Milan. Here he entered literary study, becoming part of the Scapigliatura, a literary movement animated by a spirit of rebellion against traditional culture. He worked on several newspapers and published short stories, novels, and poems. He contracted tuberculosis and died in poverty at the age of 29.

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