Gripe, Maria
1923 - 2007

A Swedish author of children’s and youth books, Maria Gripe was born in Vaxholm and grew up in Örebro. She graduated from hi...

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Vieira, José Luandino
1935 -

José Luandino Vieira Mateus de Graça, which is his complete name, was born in Lagoa do Furadouro in Portugal. As a small b...

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Rosenhayn, Paul
1877 - 1929

German journalist and internationally acclaimed author of detective stories, best known for his more than forty...

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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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