Le Carré, John
1931 - 2020

Born David John Moore Cornwell in Poole, county of Dorset, England, John le Carré grew up in a troubled home. While his ...

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Becker, Jurek
1937 - 1997

The German author Jurek Becker was born as Jerzy Bekker in Lódz, Poland. Because all documents were destroyed in the war, ...

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Ekelöf, Gunnar
1907 - 1968

Swedish poet, born in Stockholm where he grew up in an upper-class family. The father worked as a stockbroker, but was...

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Ebersohn, Wessel
1940 -

South African author and magazine editor who was a stubborn opponent of apartheid and was thus harassed by the authorities...

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