Pasternak, Boris
1890 - 1960

The Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak was born in Moscow, in an art-oriented family. His mother was a concert...

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Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975

Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...

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Allende, Isabel
1942 -

Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, but she grew up in Chile. Her diplomat father left the family when Isabel was two...

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Gerhardsen, Carin
1962 -

Carin Behrman, as she was called in those days, was born and grew up in Katrineholm. Her father was a judge at the...

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