Early Life Erich Maria Remarque was born on the 22nd of June, in 1989, in Osnabrück, Germany. He was the son of Peter Franz Remark, a bookbinder, while his mother, Anna Maria, was a housewife. Erich did not enjoy the…
Category: Authors and Poets
Albert Camus
Early Life Albert Camus was born on the 7th of November, in 1913, in Mondovi, French Algeria. He was the bright son of Lucien Camus, an agriculturer, while his mother, Catherine Hélène Sintès Camus, was Spanish. Unfortunately, after his birth,…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Early Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on the 27th of February in 1807, in Portland, Maine. He was the bright son of Stephen Longfellow, a lawyer, while her mother, Zilpah Longfellow, was the daughter of a revolutionary war hero.…
Lorraine Hansberry
Early Life Born on the 19th of May in 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, Lorraine Hansberry was a bright daughter of Carl Augustus Hansberry, a political activist, while her mother, Nannie Louise, was a schoolteacher. Due to racial differences, Lorraine and…
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Early Life Fyodor Dostoevsky was born on the 11th of November in 1821 in Moscow, the former USSR. He was an intelligent son of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky, an army doctor, while his mother, Maria Dostoevskaya, was a housewife. His parents…
Jeannette Walls
Early Life Jeannette Walls is a bright daughter of Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls. She was born on 21st April in 1960, in Phoenix, Arizona, the U.S. Her parents lived an ordinary life. His father took electrician jobs and…
Emily Brontë
Early Life Emily Brontë was born on the 30th of July, 1818 in Thornton, England. She was one of the well-known authors from the Bronte family and daughter of Patrick Brontë, an Irish priest, and author. Her mother, Maria, was…
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Early Life Gerard Manley Hopkins was born on the 28th of July in 1844, in Stratford, Essex, England. He was a bright son of Manley Hopkins, a marine insurance adjuster, and writer, while his mother, Catherine Hopkins was a religious…
Zora Neale Hurston
Early Life Zora Neale Hurston was born on the 7th of January in 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama. She was a brilliant daughter of John Hurston, a Baptist preacher, who later became a carpenter, and her mother, Lucy Ann Hurston, was…
William Carlos Williams
Early Life William Carlos Williams was born on the 17th of September in 1883, in Rutherford, New Jersey, the U.S. He was the bright son of an English father, William George Williams, and Puerto Rican mother. He spent his early…
Tim O’Brien
Early Life Tim O’Brien was born on the 1st of October in 1946, in Austin, Minnesota, United States of America. He was a brilliant son of William Timothy O’ Brien, an insurance agent, while his mother, Ave. E Schultz O’Brien…
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Early life Alfred Tennyson, known mostly as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was born on 19th of November in 1950, in Somersby, Lincolnshire England. He was the brilliant son of George Clayton Tennyson, rector of Benniworth and Somersby, also Bag Enderby and…
Jerome David Salinger
Early Life Jerome David Salinger, known as J. D. Salinger was born on the 1st of January in 1919. He was the brilliant son of Sol Salinger, a businessman, while his mother, Marie, was a Scottish lady. His father belonged…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Early Life Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on the 25th of May in 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a bright child of Rev. William Emerson, a Unitarian minister, and Ruth Haskins from the Anglican family. Rev. William Emerson was…
Bram Stoker
Early Life Bram Stoker was born on the 8th of November in 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a brilliant son of Abraham Stoker, a senior civil servant, and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley, a religious lady. Bram Stoker was the…
Truman Capote
Early Life Truman Garcia Capote was born on the 30th of September, in 1924, in New Orleans, the United States. His parents were Archulus Persons, a salesman, and Lillie Mae Faulk. Unfortunately, his parents divorced when he was just four.…
Khaled Hosseini
Early Life Khaled Hosseini was born on the 4th of March in 1965, in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is a very bright middle-aged writer. He is the son of Nasser, a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry, while his mother was…
John Steinbeck
Early Life John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was born on the 27th of February in 1902, in Salinas, California, U.S. He was the bright son of John Ernst Steinbeck, a county treasurer, while his mother, Olive Hamilton, was a school teacher.…
Aldous Huxley
Early Life Aldous Huxley was born on the 26th of July in 1894 in Godalming in the county, Surrey. His parents were Leonard Huxley, a famous schoolmaster and writer, and Julia Arnold, founder of a private school. Since he belonged…
E.E. Cummings
Early Life Edward Estlin Cummings, famously known as E. E. Cummings, was born on the 14th of October in 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, America. He was a brilliant son of Edward Cummings, a professor, while his mother, Rebecca Haswell Clarke,…
