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![Portrait of Qiu Xiaolong](images/writer/4412/60995728af0d252bf0a88a2e9bb9b00a814402f412b1c.jpg)
Qiu Xiaolong
1953 -
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution...
Further reading![Portrait image of Patrick Modiano](images/writer/1192/1192_20141028073231_Large.jpg)
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...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sachs, Nelly](images/writer/1483/1483_20131204150920.jpg)
Sachs, Nelly
1891 - 1970
The poet and playwright Leonie (Nelly) Sachs grew up in a Jewish family in Berlin. Her father was a wealthy manufacturer...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hulová, Petra](images/writer/6341/6341_20150617113704_Large.jpg)
Hulová, Petra
1979 -
The Czech author Petra Hulová was born in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. She grew up with two fathers and many stepsisters ...
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