Murray, Les
1938 - 2019

The Australian poet Les Murray was born as Leslie Allan Murray in Nabiac on the River Manning in New South Wales to a...

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Lehane, Dennis
1966 -

The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...

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Okri, Ben
1959 -

Ben Okri was born into the Urhobo tribe in Minna, Nigeria, as the son of Grace and Silver Okri, but he spent his early...

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Hustvedt, Siri
1955 -

Norwegian-American poet and author. Hustvedt’s parents were both of Norwegian descent but later settled in the USA. Her f...

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