Murray, Les
1938 - 2019

The Australian poet Les Murray was born as Leslie Allan Murray in Nabiac on the River Manning in New South Wales to a...

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Adams, Douglas
1952 - 2001

Douglas Noel Adams was a British author born in Cambridge. His father had studied theology, but worked as a probation...

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Marsden, John
1950 -

John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in a series of small towns in the Australian outback. His father...

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Stefánsson, Jón Kalman
1963 -

The Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson grew up in Reykjavik, but also spent a lot of time in the countryside. After s...

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