Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986

Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...

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Müller, Herta
1953 -

Herta Müller was born in the village of Nițchidorf in the Banat region of south-western Romania to parents from the G...

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Blom, K. Arne
1946 - 2021

The Swedish author K. (Karl) Arne Blom was born in Nässjö where he passed his baccalaureate in 1967. Later the same year, h...

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Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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