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![Författarporträtt av Elytis, Odysseus](images/writer/472/472_20131005143233.jpg)
Elytis, Odysseus
1911 - 1996
Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudhellis at Heraklion on the island of Crete. He was the youngest of six children....
Further reading![Portrait of Jurek Becker](images/writer/144/60351d05e177c32a70af67efeb411769a3287478bc4e5.jpg)
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, ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud](images/writer/2701/wm_BR_2701_20141209152354_Large.jpg)
Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -
The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Vulliamy, C.E.](images/writer/7830/624eb64ad0d6e58b8c96297de61283778c2f4458d5fd4.jpg)
Vulliamy, C.E.
1886 - 1971
The British author and journalist, C.E. (Colwyn Edward) Vulliamy, was born into a well-off family in the little village of...
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