Coelho, Paulo
1947 -

Brazilian author born in Rio de Janeiro. After dropping out of law school he started travelling around Latin America,...

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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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Innes, Hammond
1913 - 1998

Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He...

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Canetti, Elias
1905 - 1994

The prose writer and playwright Elias Canetti was born in the city of Rustchuk (or Ruse) in Bulgaria. His father, who was a...

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