Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993

Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...

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Lispector, Clarice
1920 - 1977

The Brazilian author Clarice Lispector was born in the Jewish village of Chechelnyk in southern Ukraine. Her family...

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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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Roberts, Nora
1950 -

The American author Nora Roberts was born as Eleanor Marie Robertson in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up as the only...

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