Early Life James Joyce was born on the 2nd of February in 1882, in Brighton Square, Dublin, Ireland. He was the eldest of ten children of John Stanislaus Joyce Mary Jane Murray. His father had a challenging financial background, and…
Category: Authors and Poets
J. K. Rowling
Early Life Joanne Kathleen Rowling, popularly known as J. K. Rowling was born on the 31st of July in 1965, in Yate, Gloucestershire, the United Kingdom. She was quite an intelligent child during her childhood. Her father’s name was Peter…
Daniel Defoe
Early Life Daniel Defoe was born on the 3rd of September, in 1660 in the city of London, England. He was a bright son of James Foe, a butcher by profession, and his mother, Annie, was a housewife. In his…
John Green
Early Life John Green was born on the 24th of August in 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents are Mike Green and Sydney Green. Soon after his birth, the family was in a constant move; first, they shifted to Michigan.…
Yann Martel
Early Life Yann Martel was born on the 25th of June in 1963, in Salamanca, Spain. His father, Nicole Perron, was a diplomat and a poet, while his mother, Émile Martel was a writer and Canadian diplomat. Soon after his…
Shirley Jackson
Early Life Shirley Jackson was born on the 14th of December, in 1916, in San Francisco, California. She was a bright daughter of Leslie Jackson and Geraldine. Her parents were conservative country-club people, who raised their children in luxuries. Shirley’s…
Robert Louis Stevenson
Early Life Robert Louis Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, His parents were Thomas Stevenson, a leading lighthouse engineer, and Margaret Isabella, daughter of a church minister. Stevenson was a sickly child and…
Leo Tolstoy
Early Life Leo Tolstoy was born Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy on the 9th of September in 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russian Empire. He was a bright son of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy, a doctor, while his mother, Mariya Tolstaya, was a…
Jonathan Swift
Early Life Jonathan Swift was born on 30th November in 1667, in Dublin, Ireland. He was a son of Jonathan Swift Sr., an attorney, while his mother, Abigail Erick, was a homemaker. Unfortunately, his father died two months before his…
George Bernard Shaw
Early Life George Bernard Shaw was born on the 26th of July in 1856, in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Carr Shaw, was a civil servant, while his mother, Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw was a gifted singer and music teacher. George…
Alice Walker
Early Life Alice Walker was born on the 9th of February, in 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. She was a bright daughter of Willie Lee Walker, a sharecropper, while her mother, Minnie Tallulah, was a seamstress. She enjoyed the colors…
Ernest Hemingway
Early Life and Education Ernest Hemingway was born on the 21st of July in 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. He was a bright son of Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, a physician and his mother, Grace Hall Hemingway, was a musician. He…
Robert William Service
Early Life Robert William Service was born on the 16th of January in 1874, in Preston, Lancashire, England. He was the bright son of Robert Service, a banker, and his mother, Sarah Emily Parker. He spent four years with his…
Elie Wiesel
Early Life Elie Wiesel was born on the 30th of September, in 1928, in Sighet, Kingdom of Romania. He was the bright son of Shlomo Wiesel, a great humanitarian, and his mother, Sarah Feig, was a religious lady. His parents…
Ray Bradbury
Early Life Ray Bradbury was born on the 22nd of August in 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, the United States. He was the brilliant son of Esther Bradbury, a Swedish immigrant, and his father, Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, was a telephone and…
Ralph Ellison
Early Life Ralph Ellison was born on the 16th of April in 1994, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the United States. He was a bright son of Lewis Alfred Ellison, ice and coal deliverer, while his mother, Ida Millsap, was a…
Mark Twain
Early Life Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who is widely known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was born on the 30th of November in 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He was a brilliant son of John Marshall Clemens, an attorney, and judge,…
Kate Chopin
Early Life Kate Chopin was born on the 8th of February in 1850, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She was an intelligent daughter of Thomas O’Flaherty, a successful businessman, while her mother, Eliza Faris, was of French descent. She was…
Jon Krakauer
Early Life Jon Krakauer was born on the 12th of April in 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was a gifted child of Lewis Joseph Krakauer, a doctor, while his mother, Carol Ann, was from Scandinavian descent. His childhood was spent…
Henrik Ibsen
Early Life Henrik Ibsen was born on the 20th of March in 1828, in Skien, Telemark, Norway. He was an intelligent son of Knud Ibsen, a successful merchant, while his mother, Marichen Altenburg also belonged to an affluent merchant family.…
