Shakespeare, William
1564 - 1616

English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon as the eldest son of the glove maker John Shakespeare and his wife...

Further reading

Høeg, Peter
1957 -

The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...

Further reading

Hamilton, Donald
1916 - 2006

Swedish-American author, born in Uppsala as Donald Bengtsson Hamilton. When he was a child, his father, who was a doctor,...

Further reading

Retif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé
1734 - 1806

Nicolas-Edmé Retif (or Restif) de la Bretonne was a French author born in the village of Sacy near Auxerre, the capital of ...

Further reading