Mulisch, Harry
1927 - 2010

The Dutch author Harry Mulisch was born in the city of Haarlem. His father came from Austria, an officer who had fled to...

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Jacobsen, Roy
1954 -

Norwegian author born in Oslo where he grew up in a working-class suburb, but he spent his teenage years in North Norway....

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Janosch
1931 -

Pseudonym for Horst Wessel Eckert. His father christened him Horst Wessel (1907–1930) after an SA-Sturmführer who was ha...

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Gustafsson, Lars
1936 - 2016

The Swedish author Lars Gustafsson was born in Västerås where his father was a merchant. He passed his baccalaureate in 1...

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