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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Hoem, Edvard
1949 -

The Norwegian writer Edvard Hoem was born in Fræna, Romsdal, but he grew up on a small farm on the west coast of Norway. ...

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Sholokhov, Mikhail
1905 - 1984

The Russian novelist and short story writer Mikhail Sholokhov was born in the village Veshenskaya (near Roston-on-Don) at...

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Gogol, Nikolai
1809 - 1852

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is one of the great Russian authors of the 19th century. He was born in the village of...

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