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| Harry Campbell was born in the southwest of England, and lives in Glasgow. However, despite the Scottish surname, his family roots lie in North Wales. After degrees in modern languages and linguistics and time spent teaching English in Belgium and Spain, he worked as a bilingual lexicographer and editor for Larousse a....[more] |
| Not many struggling authors would declare that their newest project was going to make them a genius or even would set out to write a series of books that would try to encompass all elements of society in the first place. The result of Honoré de Balzac’s unique ambition was his life-work and masterpiece, “La Comédie hum....[more] |
| Born in France in 1915, Roland Barthes would go on to become one of the most revered critics of his generation. Growing up in a single parent home, Barthes learned a work ethic that would serve him well for the rest of his life. He attended the Sorbonne where he received degrees in classical literature and grammar and ....[more] |
| and short stories, was born in Dublin in 1906. Graduating from Trinity College, Beckett found work as a teacher. He soon befriended James Joyce, even taking dictation for parts of “Finnegans Wake”. Beckett began writing, starting as a poet but then moving on to essays and finally publishing his first novel, “More Prick....[more] |
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