Solstad, Dag
1941 -

The Norwegian author Dag Solstad was born in Sandefjord. After finishing school he worked for a year as a journalist on a...

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Östergren, Klas
1955 -

Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm, where he grew up at Lilla Essingen, which also remained a typical working-class ...

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Blackwood, Algernon
1869 - 1951

The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian...

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Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015

American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...

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