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Kadaré, Ismaïl
1936 -
Albanian author born in Gjirokastër in southern Albania near the border with Greece. His father was a postman. Ismail ...
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
1977 -
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in the city of Enugu, southeast Nigeria, to a Christian Igbo family. It was the Igbo that...
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Herron, Mick
1963 -
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...
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Fonseca, Rubem
1925 - 2020
Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a...
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