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Milton Wolff Biography
American commanderDied: January 14, 2008 (Berkeley, California) Best Known as: last commander of the American volunteers who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War…James Mellow 1997 Deaths
James Mellowauthor, critic As literary biographer of the Lost Generation, Mellow chronicled the lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. His works include Charmed…Yousuf Karsh 2002 Deaths
Yousuf KarshAge: 93 photographer best known for his formal portraits of celebrities, World War II leaders, and artists. His subjects included Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, Ernest…Leslie Fiedler 2003 Deaths
Leslie FiedlerAge: 85 prolific literary critic who, in his book Love and Death in the American Novel, explored homoerotic themes in works by Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway…Norman Mailer
Name at birth: Norman Kingsley MailerCalled "the macho prince of American letters" by the Associated Press, Norman Mailer was one of America's most famous and controversial writers, the author of The…Entertainment Bios — H
Gene HackmanJessica Hagedorn Larry HagmanAlan Hale Jr.Alex HaleyAnthony Michael HallHuntz HallLasse HallströmMark HamillGeorge HamiltonLisa Gay HamiltonJupiter HammonHerbie HancockTom HanksWilliam…Sylvia Beach
Name at birth: Macy Woodbridge BeachSylvia Beach was an American in Paris whose bookshop was a beacon for the literary elite of the period between World War I and World War II. She famously published…Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver was a short-story writer credited with revitalizing the form in the United States during the 1970s and '80s. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Carver spent most of his…Martha Gellhorn Biography
Martha Gellhorn international correspondentBorn: 11/8/1908Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Gellhorn dropped out of Bryn Mawr College in 1927 to become a writer. The New Republic accepted a few of…Ezra Pound
Born in Idaho and raised in Pennsylvania, Ezra Pound spent most of his life in Europe and became one of the 20th century's most influential -- and controversial -- English-language poets. After…Trending
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