Whitney, Phyllis A.
1903 - 2008

Phyllis A. (Ayame) Whitney was born to American parents in Yokohama in Japan, where her father worked for an export...

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Norén, Lars
1944 - 2021

Swedish author, poet, and playwright, born in Stockholm. Lars Norén was raised partly in the province of Skåne (Scania). H...

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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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Gogol, Nikolai
1809 - 1852

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is one of the great Russian authors of the 19th century. He was born in the village of...

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