Welty, Eudora
1909 - 2001

Eudora Alice Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi as the oldest of three children. Her father, Christian Webb Welty,...

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Almqvist, Carl Jonas Love
1793 - 1866

Swedish author, born in Stockholm and raised at the estate of Antuna some distance to the north of the city. The father...

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Vian, Boris
1920 - 1959

French author born in the Paris suburb of Ville-d'Avray. Boris Vian went to school in Paris and trained as an engineer at...

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Laxness, Halldór
1902 - 1998

Icelandic author born in Reykjavik as Halldór Guðjónsson. When he was three years old his parents, Guðjón Helgason and Sigr...

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