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![Författarporträtt av Esterházy, Péter](images/writer/503/wm_BR_503_20140825183745_Large.jpg)
Esterházy, Péter
1950 - 2016
The Hungarian author Péter Esterházy was born into one of Hungary's wealthiest and most influential aristocratic families. H...
Further reading![Portrait image of Herman Melville](images/writer/1169/61d5b130c98ed2991c60fe86f5d70ad3e2259ca6be382.jpg)
Melville, Herman
1819 - 1891
American author born in New York. Melville came from a wealthy family, but when his merchant father went bankrupt, he was...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Tvedt, Chris](images/writer/6741/wm_BR_6741_20160316145447_Large.jpg)
Tvedt, Chris
1954 -
The Norwegian author Baard Christian Tvedt was born in Bergen. He read architecture at the University of Birmingham, but...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Blasim, Hassan](images/writer/6436/wm_BR_6436_20151001182639_Large.jpg)
Blasim, Hassan
1973 -
The author and filmmaker Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as one of nine siblings in a Shiite family. He was...
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