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![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. ...
Further reading![Portrait image of William Shakespeare](images/writer/1540/64b7d609998e629d6c168d09da6e64299c320ae44ed56.jpg)
Shakespeare, William
1564 - 1616
English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon as the eldest son of the glove maker John Shakespeare and his wife...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Behan, Brendan](images/writer/150/150_20131003180938.jpg)
Behan, Brendan
1923 - 1964
The Irish poet, author and playwright Brendan Behan was born in the poor inner city district of Dublin in 1923. His father,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lindstein, Mariette](images/writer/7478/wm_BL_5ebc1324d470dae9e9ec7d43a4396c47761c816f0d37c.jpg)
Lindstein, Mariette
1958 -
Swedish author and lecturer, born as Mariette Westam in Halmstad, where she also grew up. As a child, she wrote ghost...
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