Beauvoir, Simone de
1908 - 1986

The French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir was born and grew up as the oldest daughter of a noble Catholic family...

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Damhaug, Torkil
1958 -

Torkil Damhaug is a Norwegian author and physician born in Lillehammer. His father was an officer of the Norwegian Army and...

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Celan, Paul
1920 - 1970

The Romanian Jewish poet who wrote under the pen name Paul Celan was born as Paul Antschel. He grew up in Chernivtsi,...

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May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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