Sample of Authors
Bulgakov, Mikhail
1891 - 1940
The Russian prose writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev and grew up in a snug middle class environment – h...
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Mickiewicz, Adam
1798 - 1855
The Polish author Adam Mickiewicz grew up in the village of Zaosie near Novogrudok, then the Lithuanian part of the former...
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Wolf, Christa
1929 - 2011
The German author Christa Wolf was born as Christa Ihlenfeld in Landsberg ab der Warthe (present-day Gorzów Wielkopolski in ...
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Vargas Llosa, Mario
1936 -
Peruvian author, born in Arequipa in the southern part of the country. His parents divorced soon after his birth, and Mario...
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