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It is 125 years today since Yasunari Kawabata was born.
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer born in Osaka. He came from an educated, wealthy family, but he lost his parents at an early age and his only sibling, a sister, died when he was nine years old. These childhood traumas came to inform his writing. After growing up with his maternal grandfather in the countryside, Kawabata read English and Japanese literature at...
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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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![Portrait of Michael Ende](images/writer/476/605075f4a6c6d960c53e186a3a82167856c4e49b9c407.jpg)
Ende, Michael
1929 - 1995
Michael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. His father was one of the first German surrealist painters, and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hughes, Ted](images/writer/2022/2022_20120816155545.jpg)
Hughes, Ted
1930 - 1998
English poet born in Mytholmroyd in the West Riding of Yorkshire. When he was seven years old, the family moved to...
Further reading![Portrait of Laurie R. King](images/writer/936/6093f659c466786256e2b92b17f2cff66e8e40e48db87.jpg)
King, Laurie R.
1952 -
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...
Further reading![Portrait image of Halldór Laxness](images/writer/995/995_20131107101537_Large.jpg)
Laxness, Halldór
1902 - 1998
Icelandic author born in Reykjavik as Halldór Guðjónsson. When he was three years old his parents, Guðjón Helgason and Sigr...
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