Schenkel, Andrea Maria
1962 -

The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and,...

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Lessing, Doris
1919 - 2013

The British author Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah in Persia (present-day Iran) and grew up in South Rhodesia...

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Pepetela
1941 -

His full name is Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos, an Angolan author, born in the coastal town of Benguela. He took...

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Meyer, Deon
1958 -

Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...

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