Guðmundsson, Einar Már
1954 -

The Icelandic author Einar Már Guðmundsson was born in Reykjavik. He read literature and history at university there and c...

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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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Swift, Jonathan
1667 - 1745

The Anglo-Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His cousin was the English poet and...

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Follett, Ken
1949 -

British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...

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