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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Oe, Kenzaburo
1935 - 2023

Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe was born in the village of Ose on the island of Shikoku where his family has lived for...

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Chatterton, Thomas
1752 - 1770

British poet and satirist born in Bristol where he grew up in the shadow of the city's magnificent 15th century cathedral,...

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Lehane, Dennis
1966 -

The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...

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