Andrić, Ivo
1892 - 1975

Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav writer born to Bosnian Croat parents of humble origins in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

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Adonis
1930 -

Adonis, or Adunis, is the alias of the Syrian-Lebanese poet Ali Ahmad Said. Said was born in a poor farming community in...

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Høeg, Peter
1957 -

The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...

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Lagerkvist, Pär
1891 - 1974

Swedish author, born in Växjö as the youngest of seven siblings. His father was a railway station supervisor, and Pär La...

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