Glauser, Friedrich
1896 - 1938

The Swiss author Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna. His mother was Austrian and his father was from Switzerland....

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Swift, Graham
1949 -

British author born in Bermondsey, South London. Swift was brought up in a lower middle-class home in Croydon – a happy c...

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Andersen, H.C.
1805 - 1875

Hans Christian Andersen is Denmark’s best-known author. Born in Odense on the island of Funen, he had an extraordinary w...

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Vila-Matas, Enrique
1948 -

Spanish author of essays, short stories and novels born in Barcelona, Catalonia. He studied law and journalism at...

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