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![Författarporträtt av Retif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé](images/writer/3170/3170_20140503114831.jpg)
Retif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé
1734 - 1806
Nicolas-Edmé Retif (or Restif) de la Bretonne was a French author born in the village of Sacy near Auxerre, the capital of ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Biggers, Earl Derr](images/writer/5513/5ea575759f8e41b1069218878c6ce5a692ea01bfca291.jpg)
Biggers, Earl Derr
1884 - 1933
Earl Derr Biggers was an American journalist, theatre critic and the father of Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective from...
Further reading![Portrait image of Jules Verne](images/writer/1791/6419cbf7578a9ea7b82837014888bc583021b7f0a5697.jpg)
Verne, Jules
1828 - 1905
French author, born in Nantes. To a large extent, his childhood appears to have been characterized by loneliness; he was...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Morante, Elsa](images/writer/1204/1204_20120914154122.jpg)
Morante, Elsa
1912 - 1985
The Italian author Elsa Morante was born in Rome, where she grew up in the poor working-class district of Testaccio. She...
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