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![Författarporträtt av Vian, Boris](images/writer/1793/1793_20130227000256.jpg)
Vian, Boris
1920 - 1959
French author born in the Paris suburb of Ville-d'Avray. Boris Vian went to school in Paris and trained as an engineer at...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Henry, O.](images/writer/1964/1964_20120320063737.jpg)
Henry, O.
1862 - 1910
O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Döblin, Alfred](images/writer/429/5c4713e85a411e3e180d57600245912a3067257a38563.jpg)
Döblin, Alfred
1878 - 1957
Alfred Döblin was a German author, born Bruno Alfred Döblin to a German-Jewish merchant family in Stettin (now Szcecin in P...
Further reading![Portrait of Wislawa Szymborska](images/writer/1683/603ce1f507d9ca643bd248843ec58bb4cac2346b4cb02.jpg)
Szymborska, Wislawa
1923 - 2012
The poet, essayist and translator Maria Wislawa Anna Szymborska was born in Prowent, near Bnin, now part of Kórnik, Poland. ...
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