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![Portrait image of Matti Yrjänä Joensuu](images/writer/861/6220dc1b38f468bc69be06d629d81e95b62c6af699e11.jpg)
Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
1948 - 2011
Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish crime writer and criminal investigator. He was born and lived most of his life in H...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rolland, Romain](images/writer/1448/1448_20160115082829_Large.jpg)
Rolland, Romain
1866 - 1944
The French author and playwright Romain Rolland was born in Clamecy, Bourgogne. The family moved to Paris, partly for the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Stefánsson, Jón Kalman](images/writer/4785/wm_BR_4785_20151001234824_Large.jpg)
Stefánsson, Jón Kalman
1963 -
The Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson grew up in Reykjavik, but also spent a lot of time in the countryside. After s...
Further reading![Portrait image of Thomas Keneally](images/writer/919/61670c460617e769e29649c87ff89273f414711958b2b.jpg)
Keneally, Thomas
1935 -
The novelist and non-fiction writer Thomas ‘Tom’ Keneally descends from a family of Irish prisoners that were deported to Aus...
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