Salinger, J.D.
1919 - 2010

American author born in New York to a successful Jewish lawyer and cheese importer, and his Scottish-Irish wife. The family...

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Roth, Henry
1906 - 1995

The American author Henry Roth was born in Galicia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Ukraine). He was born to Jewish...

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Börjlind, Rolf
1943 -

Rolf Börjlind was born in Västra Skrävlinge in Malmö. He started studying at the College of Journalism in Stockholm in 196...

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Boyd, William
1952 -

The British author William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana. His father, a doctor, and his mother, a teacher, moved to The...

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