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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Perec, Georges
1936 - 1982

George Perec's Jewish parents emigrated from Poland to France in the 1920s. His father served in the war and was killed in...

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Solstad, Dag
1941 -

The Norwegian author Dag Solstad was born in Sandefjord. After finishing school he worked for a year as a journalist on a...

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Murakami, Haruki
1949 -

Haruki Murakami grew up as an only child in a traditional Japanese family. Both parents taught Japanese literature and his...

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