Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021

The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...

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Stamm, Peter
1963 -

The Swiss novelist Peter Stamm was born in Scherzingen and grew up in the village of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau....

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Matute, Ana María
1925 - 2014

Ana María Matute was a Spanish author born in a wealthy, conservative family in Barcelona as the second of five children. ...

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Hamilton, Donald
1916 - 2006

Swedish-American author, born in Uppsala as Donald Bengtsson Hamilton. When he was a child, his father, who was a doctor,...

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