Andersen, H.C.
1805 - 1875

Hans Christian Andersen is Denmark’s best-known author. Born in Odense on the island of Funen, he had an extraordinary w...

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Barker, Pat
1943 -

The novelist Pat (Patricia) Barker was born in a working-class home in Thornaby-on-Tees, northeast England. Her father's...

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Rushdie, Salman
1947 -

Salman Rushdie is the undisputed pioneer and mentor for the Indian-English literary generation which made its breakthrough...

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Magris, Claudio
1939 -

Italian author, translator and professor of Germanic studies born in Trieste. The cosmopolitan and dynamic city of Trieste...

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