García Márquez, Gabriel
1927 - 2014

Gabriel García Márquez was born in Aracataca, a small town in the tropical parts of northern Colombia. Here he mainly grew u...

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Glauser, Friedrich
1896 - 1938

The Swiss author Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna. His mother was Austrian and his father was from Switzerland....

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Nooteboom, Cees
1933 -

Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maris "Cees" Nooteboom is a Dutch author, translator and editor born in The Hague. He lost his...

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Undset, Sigrid
1882 - 1949

The Norwegian author and Nobel Laureate Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark. Her mother was Danish. Already in...

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