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Portrait image of Herman Melville

Melville, Herman
1819 - 1891

American author born in New York. Melville came from a wealthy family, but when his merchant father went bankrupt, he was...

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Författarporträtt av Swift, Jonathan

Swift, Jonathan
1667 - 1745

The Anglo-Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His cousin was the English poet and...

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Författarporträtt av Yeats, William Butler

Yeats, William Butler
1865 - 1939

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin to an Anglo-Irish family, but he spent most of his life in England and France. His...

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Portrait of Elmore Leonard

Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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