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Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -
The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...
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Ammaniti, Niccolò
1966 -
The Italian author Niccolò Ammaniti was born in Rome to a middle-class family. He studied biology at university and because ...
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Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn
1950 -
As a child, the Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir spent a great deal of time at her local library or swimming pool. R...
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Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922
French author, born in the village of Auteuil. His father was a prominent physician who had worked himself up and...
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