Malamud, Bernard
1914 - 1986

Bernard Malamud was an American author born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants. The family...

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Riverton, Stein
1884 - 1934

The Norwegian author Sven Elvestad, best known as Stein Riverton, his pen name, was one of Norway’s foremost early 20th c...

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Lapidus, Jens
1974 -

Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among...

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Boccaccio, Giovanni
1313 - 1375

Italian Renaissance author. His place of birth is uncertain; he was either born in Paris or Florence as the illegitimate...

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