Kawabata, Yasunari
1899 - 1972

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer born in Osaka. He came from an educated, wealthy family,...

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Duncan, Lois
1934 - 2016

Lois Duncan Steinmetz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Joseph Steinmetz and his wife Lois Duncan,...

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Jacobsen, Roy
1954 -

Norwegian author born in Oslo where he grew up in a working-class suburb, but he spent his teenage years in North Norway....

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LaPlante, Alice
1958 -

American author, journalist and teacher, who has written technical books in different subjects as well as psychological...

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