Strindberg, August
1849 - 1912

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish author born in Stockholm to a large middle-class family. His father was head of the...

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Ko Un
1933 -

The Korean poet, essayist and novelist Ko Un was born as Ko Untae to a peasant family in Gunsan, North Jeolla province. He...

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Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021

The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...

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Bell, Josephine
1897 - 1987

Josephine Bell is the pseudonym of the British writer and physician Doris Bell Ball, the author of radio plays, serials, a...

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