Kutscher, Volker
1962 -

The German author Volker Kutscher was born in Lindlar and grew up in Wipperfürth near Köln (Cologne). He studied Germanic L...

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Tolkien, J.R.R.
1892 - 1973

The English author, poet and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, then in the Orange Free State...

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Lundberg, Ulla-Lena
1947 -

The Finnish-Swedish author Ulla-Lena Lundberg spent the first years of her life on the island of Kökar in the Åland a...

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Dickinson, Emily
1830 - 1886

The American poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her father was a successful lawyer. She studied art...

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