Lehane, Dennis
1966 -

The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...

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Irving, John
1942 -

American novelist born as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire. His mother was a nurse and his stepfather...

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Vargas Llosa, Mario
1936 -

Peruvian author, born in Arequipa in the southern part of the country. His parents divorced soon after his birth, and Mario...

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Bernhard, Thomas
1931 - 1989

Thomas Bernhard was born near Maastricht in the Netherlands and grew up in Henndorf, Austria. He never knew his father, who...

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