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![Portrait of Jo Spain](images/writer/7393/609423c28f096829436cf9cb3a4dc89f1e14aeea953c2.jpg)
Spain, Jo
1979 -
The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...
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Johnson, Uwe
1934 - 1984
The German author Uwe Johnson was born in Cammin, Pomerania (present day Kamien Pomorski in Poland). He grew up at Anklam,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Walt Whitman](images/writer/1859/614358b385a553c46232dd28ad94a47023e09553d60fc.jpg)
Whitman, Walt
1819 - 1892
Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, a village on Long Island, New York, as the second child of nine to Walter, a house...
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Rådström, Niklas
1953 -
The Swedish poet, dramatist and author Niklas Rådström grew up in Södermalm, Stockholm, in a literary family. His father, Pä...
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