Clarke, Arthur C.
1917 - 2008

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was a British science writer and author of science fiction books born in Minehead, Somerset....

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Fløgstad, Kjartan
1944 -

Norwegian author born in the industrial city of Sauda. He has worked at the smelting plant in Sauda and on a Norwegian...

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Carpentier, Alejo
1904 - 1980

Cuban author, who was born in Lausanne in Switzerland but moved with his parents to Havana when newly born. His father was...

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Shaw, George Bernard
1856 - 1950

Irish author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Dublin to a middle-class family. His father was an alcoholic and his mother...

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