Zweig, Stefan
1881 - 1942

The Austrian novelist, poet and playwright Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna to a wealthy Jewish family. He studied...

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García Márquez, Gabriel
1927 - 2014

Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, a small town in the tropical parts of northern Colombia. Here he mainly grew u...

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Pym, Barbara
1913 - 1980

Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, near the Welsh border where she grew up with her younger sister...

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Fagerholm, Monika
1961 -

The Swedish-speaking Finnish author Monika Kristina Fagerholm grew up in the Helsinki suburb of Botby gård. Her father was ...

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