Sample of Authors
![Författarporträtt av Duras, Marguerite](images/writer/425/425_20140811130850.jpg)
Duras, Marguerite
1914 - 1996
French author born as Marguerite Donnadieu in Gia Dinh near Saigon, Indo China (present-day Vietnam). Her mother, Marie...
Further reading![Portrait of Antonio Tabucchi](images/writer/1699/5f6cabd48e03b3ba1a02ecccd192b65e09b99c57ea529.jpg)
Tabucchi, Antonio
1943 - 2012
The Italian author, scholar, translator and journalist Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa where he also studied at...
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Wolf, Christa
1929 - 2011
The German author Christa Wolf was born as Christa Ihlenfeld in Landsberg ab der Warthe (present-day Gorzów Wielkopolski in ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Carpentier, Alejo](images/writer/296/296_20131005100045.jpg)
Carpentier, Alejo
1904 - 1980
Cuban author, who was born in Lausanne in Switzerland but moved with his parents to Havana when newly born. His father was...
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