Hamsun, Knut
1859 - 1952

The Norwegian author Knut Hamsun was born as Knut Pedersen at Lom in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, but from 1862 he was...

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Anderson, Lin
1951 -

Lin (Linda) Anderson was born in Greenock, western Scotland. Her parents were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father was...

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Moberg, Vilhelm
1898 - 1973

The Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg was born and grew up in Algutsboda in the southern part of the province of Småland. His ...

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McCaffrey, Anne
1926 - 2011

The American author Anne McCaffrey has gained great international popularity with stories that are a wilful mixture of SF...

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