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![Författarporträtt av Proust, Marcel](images/writer/1401/1401_20120204111643.jpg)
Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922
French author, born in the village of Auteuil. His father was a prominent physician who had worked himself up and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Wentworth, Patricia](images/writer/6057/6057_20120828094614.jpg)
Wentworth, Patricia
1878 - 1961
"Patricia Wentworth" was born Dora Amy Elles in Mussoorie, India, during the British Raj. Her father was an army officer,...
Further reading![Portrait of Seamus Heaney](images/writer/722/662a579d8e72f3af6caa781f5d058afc139c175d79c50.jpg)
Heaney, Seamus
1939 - 2013
The Irish poet, essayist and translator Seamus Justin Heaney was born at Mossbawn Farm near Castledawson, County Derry,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Wole Soyinka](images/writer/1607/wm_BR_652404666aa07d9e6f569e1625141268f90078d94ba85.jpg)
Soyinka, Wole
1934 -
Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (Wole Soyinka) was born in Abeokuta, West Nigeria, during British colonial rule. His father was...
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