Watson, Colin
1920 - 1983

Some refer to the British journalist Colin Watson's Flaxborough (population 15,000) stories as among the funniest in...

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Zangwill, Israel
1864 - 1926

Israel Zangwill was a British Jewish author. His father had emigrated from Lithuania and his mother was a Polish refugee....

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Ovid
43 BCE - 17 or 18 CE

Publius Ovidius Naso was born in Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), which is situated in a valley of the Apennine Mountains near...

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Ekbäck, Cecilia
1971 -

Cecilia Ekbäck was born in Stockholm and grew up in Hudiksvall with Sami (Lappish) roots. Her parents were from Lycksele. ...

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