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![Författarporträtt av Flaubert, Gustave](images/writer/536/536_20120502100336.jpg)
Flaubert, Gustave
1821 - 1880
The French author Gustave Flaubert, the son of a prominent surgeon, grew up in Rouen. Both his parents were atheists, and,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Müller, Herta](images/writer/1230/wm_BL_1230_20161003161618_Large.jpg)
Müller, Herta
1953 -
Herta Müller was born in the village of Nițchidorf in the Banat region of south-western Romania to parents from the G...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hofmannsthal, Hugo von](images/writer/772/772_20121203183342.jpg)
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
1874 - 1929
The Austrian author Hugo von Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna. His father was a bank manager. As a young man, von...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Riverton, Stein](images/writer/4872/62dfdbeca298fc5912f8b3074dda8b80707075de3081d.jpg)
Riverton, Stein
1884 - 1934
The Norwegian author Sven Elvestad, best known as Stein Riverton, his pen name, was one of Norway’s foremost early 20th c...
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