Tucholsky, Kurt
1890 - 1935

The German author Kurt Tucholsky was born in the Moabit district of Berlin to a wealthy Jewish banking family. Despite...

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Murdoch, Iris
1919 - 1999

The British author and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch was of both English and Irish stock. She was born in Dublin to...

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Ferrante, Elena
1943? -

There isn’t much reliable information available about the author behind the pseudonym Elena Ferrante. One thing is fairly c...

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Hoem, Edvard
1949 -

The Norwegian writer Edvard Hoem was born in Fræna, Romsdal, but he grew up on a small farm on the west coast of Norway. ...

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