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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Orwell, George
1903 - 1950

Pseudonym for Eric Blair, English author, critic and journalist, born in Motihari, in British India, where his British...

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Balzac, Honoré de
1799 - 1850

Honoré de Balzac was born Honoré Balzac in Tours, France, to a civil servant and his wife who was 30 years his junior. He a...

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Ball, Hugo
1886 - 1927

Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany, to Catholic parents who were as poor as they were pious. He wanted to study, but...

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