Flaubert, Gustave
1821 - 1880

The French author Gustave Flaubert, the son of a prominent surgeon, grew up in Rouen. Both his parents were atheists, and,...

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Oz, Amos
1939 - 2018

Amos Oz is the pseudonym of the Israeli novelist Amos Klausner. He was born in Jerusalem to Yehuda Arieh Klausner, a...

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Jansson, Anna
1958 -

The Swedish crime writer Anna Jansson was born in Visby on the island of Gotland. In 1979, she moved to Örebro where she ...

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Chatwin, Bruce
1940 - 1989

Bruce Chatwin was an English novelist and legendary travel writer. His father, Charles Chatwin, owned a law practice in...

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