Sample of Authors
![Författarporträtt av Walcott, Derek](images/writer/1815/1815_20131208082556_Large.jpg)
Walcott, Derek
1930 - 2017
Derek Walcott was born in Castries on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. His father was a civil servant who painted and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lindstein, Mariette](images/writer/7478/wm_BL_5ebc1324d470dae9e9ec7d43a4396c47761c816f0d37c.jpg)
Lindstein, Mariette
1958 -
Swedish author and lecturer, born as Mariette Westam in Halmstad, where she also grew up. As a child, she wrote ghost...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Staalesen, Gunnar](images/writer/1613/wm_BR_1613_20160316144455_Large.jpg)
Staalesen, Gunnar
1947 -
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary...
Further reading![Portrait image of Daniel Kehlmann](images/writer/3930/wm_BR_6225f2d9b8b964a9348e608843a2017d3007658b4aaea.jpg)
Kehlmann, Daniel
1975 -
The German/Austrian novelist, essayist and critic Daniel Kehlmann was born in Munich. His mother was the German actress...
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