Gogol, Nikolai
1809 - 1852

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is one of the great Russian authors of the 19th century. He was born in the village of...

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Barr, Nevada
1952 -

Nevada Barr is an author and artist born in Yerington, Nevada. In 1954, she moved with her family to Susanville in...

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Grünbein, Durs
1962 -

The German poet and essayist Durs Grünbein was born in Dresden in the then DDR (East Germany). The city still clearly ...

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Baldursdóttir, Kristín Marja
1949 -

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic author born in Hafnarfjörður, a fishing community situated about ten kilometres s...

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