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Ekelöf, Gunnar
1907 - 1968
Swedish poet, born in Stockholm where he grew up in an upper-class family. The father worked as a stockbroker, but was...
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Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977
James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...
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Delany, Samuel R.
1942 -
American science fiction author born in Harlem, New York. Samuel Ray Delany Jr. grew up above his father's funeral parlour....
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Johnsrud, Ingar
1974 -
The Norwegian author and journalist Ingar Johnsrud was born in Oslo and grew up in the village of Holmestrand just outside...
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