Staalesen, Gunnar
1947 -

Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary...

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Becker, Jurek
1937 - 1997

The German author Jurek Becker was born as Jerzy Bekker in Lódz, Poland. Because all documents were destroyed in the war, ...

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Mickiewicz, Adam
1798 - 1855

The Polish author Adam Mickiewicz grew up in the village of Zaosie near Novogrudok, then the Lithuanian part of the former...

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Hemingway, Ernest
1899 - 1961

American author, born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father Clarence was a doctor and his mother Grace a...

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