Malamud, Bernard
1914 - 1986

Bernard Malamud was an American author born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. The family...

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Kundera, Milan
1929 - 2023

The Czech author Milan Kundera was born in Brno where his father was a pianist and professor at the Academy of Music....

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Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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Knausgård, Karl Ove
1968 -

The Norwegian author and scholar Karl Ove Knausgård was born in Oslo and raised at Tromøya, Arendal and Kristiansand. K...

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