Johnson, Uwe
1934 - 1984

The German author Uwe Johnson was born in Cammin, Pomerania (present day Kamien Pomorski in Poland). He grew up at Anklam,...

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Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986

Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...

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Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006

The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish...

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Marsden, John
1950 -

John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in a series of small towns in the Australian outback. His father...

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