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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Eliot, George
1819 - 1880

A pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, a British author, born in Warwickshire. Her father was a steward at a large estate,...

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Stefánsson, Jón Kalman
1963 -

The Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson grew up in Reykjavik, but also spent a lot of time in the countryside. After s...

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Block, Lawrence
1938 -

Lawrence Block is an American author of crime fiction born in Buffalo. He attended Antioch College, Ohio, between 1955 and...

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