Karlfeldt, Erik Axel
1864 - 1931

The Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt was born as Erik Axel Eriksson in the village of Karlbo in the province of Dalarna....

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Fo, Dario
1926 - 2016

Italian playwright and actor, born in Sangiano in northern Italy. The father worked as a station master while the mother...

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Carey, Peter
1943 -

The Australian author Peter Philip Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, where his parents ran a General Motors...

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Blasim, Hassan
1973 -

The author and filmmaker Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as one of nine siblings in a Shiite family. He was...

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