Jonathan earl Franzen Born Jonathan Earl Franzen August

Jonathan earl Franzen Born Jonathan Earl Franzen August 17, 1959 (age 58) � Western Springs, Illinois, United States � Occupation Novelist, essayist � Nationality American � Period 1988–present � Genre Literary fiction � Literary movement Social realism, New Sincerity � Notable works The Corrections (2001), Freedom (2010) � Notable awards National Book Award 2001 James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2002 � Spouse Valerie Cornell (divorced) �

� I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest source of satisfaction in his life had been going to work in the company of other workers. � Jonathan Franzen

Mignon Mc. Laughlin � Journalist � Born: June 6, 1913, Baltimore, Maryland, USA � Died: December 20, 1983, Coral Gables, Florida, USA � Education: Smith College � Books: The Complete Neurotic's Notebook, Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon Mc. Laughlin �

Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden � Maud Adams is an American theater actress. � Born: November 11, 1872, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA � Died: July 17, 1953, Tannersville, New York, USA � Education: Stevens College � Books: Maude Adams Acting Edition of Romeo and Juliet, MAUDE ADAMS ACTING / E OF ROMEO

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B. " Du Bois � � � � William Edward Burkhardt Du Bois Historian. William Edward Burkhardt Du Bois is an African American public figure, panafricanist, sociologist, historian and writer. Born: February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA Died: August 27, 1963, Accra, Ghana Full name: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Education: Berlin Humboldt University, more Fame: The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction, The Crisis