Mo Yan
1955 -

Pseudonym for Guan Moye, a Chinese author born to poor farmers in Gaomi, northeast Shandong province. His father only went...

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Verlaine, Paul
1844 - 1896

Paul Verlaine, one of the finest early modern poets, was born in Metz in north-east France where his father, an army...

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Fuentes, Carlos
1928 - 2012

Carlos Fuentes Macías is one of Mexico's most prominent authors, even though he was in fact born in Panama. His father, ...

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Johnson, Eyvind
1900 - 1976

Swedish author, born in Svartbjörnsbyn in the province of Norrbotten. When his father, who had been working with ...

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