On the 21st of November, 1694, François-Marie Arouet was born into an upper-middle class family. He would soon grow up to be known throughout the world and generations as Voltaire, one of the greatest writers&hellip
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Facts About Enid Blyton
1. Enid Mary Blyton (1897-1968) was an extremely popular British writer of children’s books. Her books have been translated into 60 languages, and have sold more than 600 million copies. She also received commissions to&hellip
Facts About Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen is a popular writer in the young adult and teenage genre. Hailing from Minnesota in the US, Mr. Paulsen has written many books and articles with most of them inspired by his own&hellip

Famous Examples of Figurative Language
Introduction ‘I literally’¦’ do you catch yourself saying that a lot? No, you cannot literally laugh your head off ‘ it is impossible. You are figuratively laughing your head off. Figurative language is what makes&hellip

Famous Alzheimer’s Sufferers
Introduction Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia. Discovered in 1906 and named after its discoverer Alois Alzheimer, it is most common in people over the age of 65 but sometimes affect younger&hellip

Famous Hypocrites
Introduction Hypocrisy: saying one thing and then doing another. Celebrities who want to tell us how we can be better people, politicians who want us to do what is best for every one and religious&hellip

Famous College Dropouts
Introduction Received wisdom is that the only way to get on in life is through a good education, as far as you can take it and preferably to university (or college) a place where you&hellip

Ten Famous Examples of Cyber Squatting
Today, when the world has literally gone digital, our presence in the virtual platform has become our identity! Your name is the connecting bond with millions of viewers in the online world. However, like real&hellip

Famous Harmless Words (That Sound Incredibly Offensive)
Introduction Language is a funny thing and some words sound nothing like what they mean, especially as the language evolves and adopts words from other languages. What often then happens is that two words sound&hellip
The Achievements of Shel Silverstein Entertaining the World at Large
Shel Silverstein is an avant-garde play writer and he has presented the mass with some of his most exemplary literary creations. It is fairly interesting to know that the man began writing when he was&hellip
Facts about Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry is a name very well known to almost every theater-loving person. Born in New Orleans, Tyler Perry is an African American who had a very gloomy childhood behind the smoke screens of his&hellip
Facts About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel Prize winning author and an iconic 20th century American fiction writer. Hemingway was born on July 21st,1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Fact 1. In high school, Hemingway worked on the&hellip