Bergman, Hjalmar
1883 - 1931

Hjalmar Bergman was born in Örebro as the son of a bank manager, Claes Bergman, and his wife Fredrique, born Elgérus. As a l...

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Eco, Umberto
1932 - 2016

Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary scholar, historian and philosopher born in Alessandria in Piedmont. His surname...

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Ahndoril, Alexander
1967 -

Alexander Ahndoril, born Gustafsson, grew up in a middle-class family in the Stockholm suburb of Upplands Väsby. His ...

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Döblin, Alfred
1878 - 1957

Alfred Döblin was a German author, born Bruno Alfred Döblin to a German-Jewish merchant family in Stettin (now Szcecin in P...

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