Which author was born first, Robert Ludlum or Ivo Andrić?
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Robert Ludlum Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original "The Bourne Trilogy" series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 290 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.
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Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: , ] ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.
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Sergei Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilievich Lukyanenko (Russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко , ] ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, interwoven with the moral dilemma of keeping one's humanity while being strong.
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Borislav Pekić Borislav Pekić (, ] ) (born in Podgorica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 4 February 1930; died in London, United Kingdom, 2 July 1992) was a Serbian political activist and writer. He was born in 1930, to a prominent family in Montenegro, at that time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From 1945 until his immigration to London in 1971, he lived in Belgrade. He was also one of the founding members of the Democratic Party in Serbia.
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Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( ; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll ( ), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", its sequel "Through the Looking-Glass", which includes the poem "Jabberwocky", and the poem "The Hunting of the Snark", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.
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Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Nina Lehmann CBE (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990, was an English novelist. Her first novel, "Dusty Answer" (1927), was a "succès de scandale"; she subsequently became established in the literary world and intimate with members of the Bloomsbury set. Her novel "The Ballad and the Source" received particular critical acclaim, and her books "The Echoing Grove" and "The Weather in the Streets" were filmed, one version in 1983 with Michael York and Joanna Lumley which was the second time the BBC had filmed that book, but this version also included sections of " Invitation to the Waltz".
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Olga Gonçalves Olga Teixeira Gonçalves (1929–2004) was a Portuguese poet and novelist. She was born in Luanda. Her debut novel "A Floresta em Bremerhaven" ("The Forest in Bremerhaven") was published to great acclaim. A study of Portuguese immigration to Western Europe, the book won the Ricardo Malheiros Prize. Another novel "O Emigrante là-bas" deals with similar themes. She also wrote several volumes of poetry.
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Zoran Ćirić Zoran Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic: "Зоран Ћирић") (born in 1962) is a writer from Niš, Serbia. He writes poetry and prose. Nickname is Ćira Magični
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Mário Pinto de Andrade Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (21 August 1928 – 26 August 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician.
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Steve Ludlam (engineer) Steve Ludlam is a defense industry engineer and former chief executive of the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC). He was recruited to ASC from the United Kingdom in 2010 and held the position until mid 2014. In the UK, Ludlam was President of Submarines at Rolls-Royce where he led the modernisation of the country’s nuclear-powered submarine program. He first worked with Rolls-Royce as a development engineer on nuclear submarine programs. He was promoted to General Manager of the Submarine Nuclear Reactor Test Establishment prior to his executive appointment. Mr Ludlam has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master's degree in Nuclear Engineering. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and has been acknowledged as one of Engineers Australia’s 100 most influential members four times. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Michael Irwin (author) Thomas Arthur Michael Irwin, (born 3 May 1934) is a British Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kent and author of several works of fiction, as well as scholarly books. His 2013 novel, "The Skull and the Nightingale" is, according to WorldCat, held in more than 500 libraries.
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Robert Gillmor Robert Gillmor (born Reading, Berkshire, 1936) is an ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor, from England. He is a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and has been its secretary, chairman and president. He has contributed to over 100 books, and in 2001 was a recipient of the RSPB Medal.
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Luka Bekavac Luka Bekavac (born 1976) is a Croatian writer and translator. He was born in the city of Osijek. His novels "Drenje" (2011) and "Viljevo" (2013) have received critical acclaim. "Viljevo" won the Janko Polić Kamov Award in 2014, and the EU Prize for Literature in 2015. As a translator, Bekavac has translated works by Martin Amis, Jonathan Franzen, Alberto Toscano, Naomi Klein and Aleksandar Hemon among others.
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Jon Odlum Stanley Nicholas Jon Odlum (9 May 1936 – 19 February 2013) was a Saint Lucian politician. Originated from the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Was also a member of the now defunct Progressive Labor Party, led by his brother George Odlum, he was the party's sole successful Parliamentary candidate in 1982.
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Ludovico Ariosto Ludovico Ariosto (] ; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic "Orlando Furioso" (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's "Orlando Innamorato", describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.
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William Ludlam William Ludlam (1717–1788) was an English clergyman and mathematician.
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Edith Ranum Edith Ranum (23 May 1922 – 25 October 2002) was a Norwegian crime writer, novelist and playwright. She made her literary début in 1949 with the novel "Efter siste akt". She has written several crime novels and audio plays. She was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1986.
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Sven Nordqvist Sven Otto Rickard Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus.
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Richard Armstrong (author) Richard Armstrong (18 June 1903 – 30 May 1986) was an English author who wrote for both adults and children. Most of his books were novels set at sea, or sea stories. For one of those, "Sea Change", he won the 1948 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. He is also known for a biography of Grace Darling in which he challenges the conventional story: "Grace Darling: Maid and Myth" (1965). He is often described on the cover of his books as "author and mariner".
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The Sigma Protocol The Sigma Protocol is the last novel written completely by Robert Ludlum, and was published posthumously. It is the story of the son of a Holocaust survivor who gets entangled in an international conspiracy by industrialists and financiers to take advantage of wartime technology.
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Miroslav Josić Višnjić Miroslav Josić Višnjić (15 December 1946 – 8 September 2015) was a Serbian writer and poet. He won numerous literary prizes, most notably NIN Prize 1990 for his novel "Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba" and Andrić Award in 1998.
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John Patric John Patric (May 22, 1902 – August 31, 1985) was an American writer. He was a contributing writer for "National Geographic" during the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s and was the author of two books. He was known for his 1943 book "Yankee Hobo in the Orient", of which over twelve million copies were sold domestically and internationally in both hardcover and digest format. In the 1940s, he was one of the best-known Oregon writers.