Writers in Toronto

The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, from 1842 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway and Prince.

Mark Twain
from 1884 to 1885
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Ernest Hemingway
from 1919 to 1923
2 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Prince
from 1984 to 2016
2 moments here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1988
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Charles Dickens
in 1842
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Doris Lessing
in 1985
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Nadine Gordimer
in 2006
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…