Hamsun, Knut
1859 - 1952

The Norwegian author Knut Hamsun was born as Knut Pedersen at Lom in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, but from 1862 he was...

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Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977

James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...

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Parker, Robert B.
1932 - 2010

Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker...

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Verlaine, Paul
1844 - 1896

Paul Verlaine, one of the finest early modern poets, was born in Metz in north-east France where his father, an army...

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