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![Författarporträtt av Despentes, Virginie](images/writer/5690/5e30576d51ebeaaf60edbb4271941321d0d5c626af9d0.jpg)
Despentes, Virginie
1969 -
The French author Virginie Despentes was born in Nancy, northeast France. She was convinced from an early age that girls...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Berger](images/writer/162/5f5b2a1f0dfe25ca7d48fdfd45aba64250bbe58e39c70.jpg)
Berger, John
1926 - 2017
The English author and artist John Berger was born in a middle-class home in Stoke Newington, London. His father, S.J.D....
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Nesser, Håkan](images/writer/1240/wm_BR_5f68a2f5e5168c215ddc8c2f6bdc77055049ce52acf6b.jpg)
Nesser, Håkan
1950 -
Håkan Nesser was born in Elvesta Gård (manor) on the outskirts of Kumla. His father was a farmer, as were his family since t...
Further reading![Portrait of Mo Yan](images/writer/2901/6037a0fbcfff787928a9a3038383504034c7d41007589.jpg)
Mo Yan
1955 -
Pseudonym for Guan Moye, a Chinese author born to poor farmers in Gaomi, northeast Shandong province. His father only went...
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