Sample of Authors
![Författarporträtt av Adams, Herbert](images/writer/6476/6476_20150213080114.jpg)
Adams, Herbert
1874 - 1958
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Adonis](images/writer/2598/wm_BR_2598_20161003100336_Large.jpg)
Adonis
1930 -
Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Cortázar, Julio](images/writer/352/352_20120429085008.jpg)
Cortázar, Julio
1914 - 1984
Argentinian author, born in Brussels to Argentinian parents. His father was a diplomat. After the First World War the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Beauvoir, Simone de](images/writer/143/5e1f2e340bf4a3052b2b3785ba577e61cbcc44fea7568.jpg)
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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