Mistral, Gabriela
1889 - 1957

The Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral was born in Vicuña as Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga. She came from a...

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Müller, Herta
1953 -

Herta Müller was born in the village of Nițchidorf in the Banat region of south-western Romania to parents from the G...

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Hill, Susan
1942 -

Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...

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Achebe, Chinua
1930 - 2013

Nigerian writer born in the Igbo town of Ogidi, South-East Nigeria. His parents, Isaiah Okafor Achebe and Janet Ileogbunam,...

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