Jonasson, Jonas
1961 -

Jonas Jonasson grew up "happy and untroubled" as Pär-Ola Jonasson in the Swedish town of Växjö in the 1960s. His father's na...

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Naipaul, V.S.
1932 - 2018

V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) Naipaul, a West Indian author of Indian descent, born in Chaguanas near Port of Spain on...

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Tournier, Michel
1924 - 2016

Michel Edouard Tournier was born in Paris. His parents met at the Sorbonne, where they both studied German. For this...

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Oursler, Fulton
1893 - 1952

The American author, playwright and magazine editor Fulton Oursler was born in Baltimore in a poor middle-class family. He...

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