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Författarporträtt av Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William
1770 - 1850

The English poet William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland as the son of a lawyer, but lost his parents at an early age. He...

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Portrait of Kenzaburo Oe

Oe, Kenzaburo
1935 - 2023

Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe was born in the village of Ose on the island of Shikoku where his family has lived for...

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Författarporträtt av Stark, Ulf

Stark, Ulf
1944 - 2017

Ulf Gottfrid Stark grew up in Stureby, Stockholm. He often based his settings and characters on his own childhood in the...

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Författarporträtt av Franzen, Jonathan

Franzen, Jonathan
1959 -

The American author and essayist Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois, but grew up in Webster Groves, a...

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