Nesbø, Jo
1960 -

The Norwegian, Jo Nesbø, is one of Norway’s most appreciated and successful crime writers. He was born in Oslo as Jon Ne...

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Schulman, Ninni
1972 -

The Swedish author Ninni Schulman was born as Karin Jessica Christina Olofsdotter-Jansson at Rämmen in Värmland province, a...

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Fo, Dario
1926 - 2016

Italian playwright and actor, born in Sangiano in northern Italy. The father worked as a station master while the mother...

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McEwan, Ian
1948 -

Ian Russel McEwan is an English author and screenwriter born in Aldershot, Hampshire. His father was a major, and Ian...

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