Beckett, Samuel
1906 - 1989

The Irishman Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and a prominent figure within...

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Villar, Domingo
1971 -

Domingo Villar is a Spanish novelist born in Vigo, Galicia. He now lives in Madrid where hosts a radio show about food....

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Seferis, Giorgos
1900 - 1971

The first Nobel Prize laureate to come out of Greece was born Georgios Seferiades in Urla near Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey),...

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Duve, Karen
1961 -

The German author Karen Duve was born in Hamburg. After she graduated from upper-secondary school in 1981, she worked as a...

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