Ritsos, Yiannis
1909 - 1990

Yiannis Ritsos was born in Monemvasia on the east coast of the Peloponnese peninsula. His parents were landowners. His...

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Magnan, Pierre
1922 - 2012

The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated,...

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McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023

American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...

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Nilsson, Per
1954 -

Swedish author, born in Malmö. Per Nilsson qualified as a teacher of Music and Mathematics. He worked as a secondary school ...

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