Müller, Herta
1953 -

Herta Müller was born in the village of Nițchidorf in the Banat region of south-western Romania to parents from the G...

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Riverton, Stein
1884 - 1934

The Norwegian author Sven Elvestad, best known as Stein Riverton, his pen name, was one of Norway’s foremost early 20th c...

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Jelinek, Elfriede
1946 -

The Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek was born in Mürzzuschlag in the federal state of Steiermark, where Jelinek spent her ...

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Orwell, George
1903 - 1950

Pseudonym for Eric Blair, English author, critic and journalist, born in Motihari, in British India, where his British...

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