Stamm, Peter
1963 -

The Swiss novelist Peter Stamm was born in Scherzingen and grew up in the village of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau....

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Wollstonecraft, Mary
1759 - 1797

The author and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft was born in the district of Spitalfields, London. Because of her father's...

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Miller, Henry
1891 - 1980

American author born in New York to German parents – Miller did allegedly not learn English until he started school. After b...

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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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