Hagerfors, Lennart
1946 -

Olof Lennart Hagerfors' parents Maja and Sven were both missionaries in the former Belgian Congo, now the Democratic...

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Perec, Georges
1936 - 1982

George Perec's Jewish parents emigrated from Poland to France in the 1920s. His father served in the war and was killed in...

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Modiano, Patrick
1945 -

Reluctant to talk about himself in the beginning of his career, Patrick Modiano claimed that he was born in 1947. It has...

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Smith, Zadie
1975 -

Zadie Smith, born Sadie Adeline Smith, grew up in Kilburn and Willesden Green, north-west London, with her two younger...

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