McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023

American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...

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NDiaye, Marie
1967 -

The French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye was born in Pithiviers, Loiret, about fifty kilometres south of Paris. When...

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Winspear, Jacqueline
1955 -

The British author Jaqueline Winspear was born in Cranbrook, Kent, England. In her twenties, she worked at a London flee...

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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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