Gao Xingjian
1940 -

Chinese author and artist born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province in eastern China. His father was a bank clerk and his mother an...

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Saramago, José
1922 - 2010

The Portuguese author José (de Sousa) Saramago was born in the small village of Azinhaga in Ribatejo Province, Portugal. ...

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Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975

Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...

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Burnett, W.R.
1899 - 1982

The American novelist and screenwriter William Riley Burnett was born in Springfield, Ohio, in an influential family. He...

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