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![Författarporträtt av Gao Xingjian](images/writer/2799/wm_BR_2799_20141209164752_Large.jpg)
Gao Xingjian
1940 -
Chinese author and artist born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province in eastern China. His father was a bank clerk and his mother an...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Thackeray, William](images/writer/1713/1713_20130220222708.jpg)
Thackeray, William
1811 - 1863
William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta. His ancestors had made a fortune in the East India Company, and after his...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Maeterlinck, Maurice](images/writer/1105/1105_20130120200157.jpg)
Maeterlinck, Maurice
1862 - 1949
Maurice Maeterlinck was a playwright, poet and essayist born in Ghent, Belgium. His father was a successful lawyer and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Mickiewicz, Adam](images/writer/1179/1179_20120808102445.jpg)
Mickiewicz, Adam
1798 - 1855
The Polish author Adam Mickiewicz grew up in the village of Zaosie near Novogrudok, then the Lithuanian part of the former...
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