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![Portrait image of Paulo Coelho](images/writer/333/333.jpg)
Coelho, Paulo
1947 -
Brazilian author born in Rio de Janeiro. After dropping out of law school he started travelling around Latin America,...
Further reading![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![Författarporträtt av Baldursdóttir, Kristín Marja](images/writer/4438/4438_20120604163344_Large.jpg)
Baldursdóttir, Kristín Marja
1949 -
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic author born in Hafnarfjörður, a fishing community situated about ten kilometres s...
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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