Almqvist, Carl Jonas Love
1793 - 1866

Swedish author, born in Stockholm and raised at the estate of Antuna some distance to the north of the city. The father...

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Tursten, Helene
1954 -

Helene Tursten was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is also the setting she has chosen for Detective Inspector Irene Huss....

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Molière
1622 - 1673

Real name Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, theatre manager and actor, born in Paris as the oldest son of a...

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Foenkinos, David
1974 -

David Foenkinos is a French bestselling author. Born in Paris, he studied literature and music there after which he worked...

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