Linna, Väinö
1920 - 1992

Finnish author born in Urjala as the seventh child in a working class family of ten children. His father, a butcher, died...

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Ebersohn, Wessel
1940 -

South African author and magazine editor who was a stubborn opponent of apartheid and was thus harassed by the authorities...

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Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -

After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...

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Esterházy, Péter
1950 - 2016

The Hungarian author Péter Esterházy was born into one of Hungary's wealthiest and most influential aristocratic families. H...

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