Stamm, Peter
1963 -

The Swiss novelist Peter Stamm was born in Scherzingen and grew up in the village of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau....

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Paasilinna, Arto
1942 - 2018

Arto Paasilinna was born in Kittilä in the Finnish part of Lapland. His father died from pulmonary tuberculosis at the age ...

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Houellebecq, Michel
1956 -

French author, born as Michel Thomas on the colonial island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. His parents fairly soon lost ...

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Skagen, Fredrik
1936 - 2017

Fredrik Skagen is one of Norway’s most popular award-winning crime writers. He was born in Trondheim where he lived all his l...

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