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![Författarporträtt av Manea, Norman](images/writer/5898/wm_BR_5898_20160622160113_Large.jpg)
Manea, Norman
1936 -
Romanian author of Jewish descent born in Suceava, Bukovina, in northern Romania. He and his family were brought to a...
Further reading![Portrait of Doris Lessing](images/writer/1015/662a5b8d5cb22040927ebeb21683b56255896df7276a8.jpg)
Lessing, Doris
1919 - 2013
The British author Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah in Persia (present-day Iran) and grew up in South Rhodesia...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn](images/writer/1555/wm_BR_1555_20140825175910_Large.jpg)
Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn
1950 -
As a child, the Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir spent a great deal of time at her local library or swimming pool. R...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Némirovsky, Irène](images/writer/4328/4328.jpg)
Némirovsky, Irène
1903 - 1942
French author, born in Kyiv by Russian-Jewish parents. Her father was one of the richest bankers of Tsarist Russia, and...
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