Enzensberger, Hans Magnus
1929 - 2022

The German author and poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger was the oldest of four brothers born to middle-class parents in the...

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Diski, Jenny
1947 - 2016

The British author Jenny Diski was born in London as Jenny Simmonds. She had a traumatic childhood with a father who...

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French, Nicci
1958 -

Nicci French is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959). They are...

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Böll, Heinrich
1917 - 1985

German author born in Cologne. Böll was brought up a Roman Catholic in a middle-class family with pacifist and anti-Nazi ...

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