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![Portrait image of Herman Melville](images/writer/1169/61d5b130c98ed2991c60fe86f5d70ad3e2259ca6be382.jpg)
Melville, Herman
1819 - 1891
American author born in New York. Melville came from a wealthy family, but when his merchant father went bankrupt, he was...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Undset, Sigrid](images/writer/1765/1765_20130225220328.jpg)
Undset, Sigrid
1882 - 1949
The Norwegian author and Nobel Laureate Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark. Her mother was Danish. Already in...
Further reading![Portrait image of Mick Herron](images/writer/6268/6197db65d7b5fcddbc73e16bb0bbccaaf68628c323047.jpg)
Herron, Mick
1963 -
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Wordsworth, William](images/writer/1893/1893_20130305163106.jpg)
Wordsworth, William
1770 - 1850
The English poet William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland as the son of a lawyer, but lost his parents at an early age. He...
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