Egeland, Tom
1959 -

Norwegian author and journalist, born in Oslo and raised in the suburb of Kalbakken in Groruddalen, where his parents had a...

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Mutis, Álvaro
1923 - 2013

Álvaro Mutis was born in Bogotà, Colombia. Like many other Latin American authors he comes from a multicultural family. His f...

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Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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Achebe, Chinua
1930 - 2013

Nigerian writer born in the Igbo town of Ogidi, South-East Nigeria. His parents, Isaiah Okafor Achebe and Janet Ileogbunam,...

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