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NDiaye, Marie
1967 -
The French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye was born in Pithiviers, Loiret, about fifty kilometres south of Paris. When...
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Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989
The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...
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Gorky, Maxim
1868 - 1936
Russian author, born and raised in Nizhny Novgorod at the Volga River. His real name was Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, but he...
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Tafdrup, Pia
1952 -
The Danish author Pia Tafdrup was born in Copenhagen, grew up in the countryside on North Jutland and later attended the...
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