Hodgson, William Hope
1877 - 1918

William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and...

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Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -

The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...

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Fagerholm, Monika
1961 -

The Swedish-speaking Finnish author Monika Kristina Fagerholm grew up in the Helsinki suburb of Botby gård. Her father was ...

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Fielding, Henry
1707 - 1754

The English novelist and playwright Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park, an estate in Somerset. His father was Colonel...

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