Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.

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An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

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The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, a...

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...

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Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expresse...

The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later...

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to as...

The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of t...

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Her talents go from acting, to fashion, dancing and singing. With a net worth over 250 million dolla...

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, i...

Maria Casarès, a theatre actress and Albert Camus, one of the most important modern french writer, k...