Brecht, Bertolt
1898 - 1956

German poet, playwright and essayist born in Augsburg where his father was the managing director of a paper mill. Brecht...

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Ghosh, Amitav
1956 -

Amitav Ghosh is among the most prominent of a generation of Anglo-Indian writers that came to the fore in the 1980s. He was...

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Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
1964 - 2020

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author born and raised in Barcelona. His mother was from Catalonia and his father from ...

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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -

The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...

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