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![Författarporträtt av Shelley, Percy Bysshe](images/writer/1547/1547_20150327113110_Large.jpg)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1792 - 1822
The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Sussex to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He went to Eton and Oxford, he...
Further reading![Portrait image of Jesper Stein](images/writer/7207/629a0bff357ac0b6947b0380428f48efa5e5069ab5d6b.jpg)
Stein, Jesper
1965 -
As a journalist, Stein was known by his full name, Jesper Stein Larsen. For his literary career, he used the shortened...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Grünbein, Durs](images/writer/2137/wm_BR_2137_20150525091528_Large.jpg)
Grünbein, Durs
1962 -
The German poet and essayist Durs Grünbein was born in Dresden in the then DDR (East Germany). The city still clearly ...
Further reading![Portrait of Wislawa Szymborska](images/writer/1683/603ce1f507d9ca643bd248843ec58bb4cac2346b4cb02.jpg)
Szymborska, Wislawa
1923 - 2012
The poet, essayist and translator Maria Wislawa Anna Szymborska was born in Prowent, near Bnin, now part of Kórnik, Poland. ...
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