Wilde, Oscar
1854 - 1900

Oscar Wilde was born in a physician's family in Dublin in 1854. His mother had literary interests. Wilde later attended...

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Jónasson, Ragnar
1976 -

The Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavik. He grew up in a writing family where several family members are ...

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Kadaré, Ismaïl
1936 -

Albanian author born in Gjirokastër in southern Albania near the border with Greece. His father was a postman. Ismail ...

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Beckett, Simon
1960 -

English author whose crime novels have become more popular in other countries – including Scandinavia and Germany – than at h...

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