Blasim, Hassan
1973 -

The author and filmmaker Hassan Blasim was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as one of nine siblings in a Shiite family. He was...

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Castillo, Linda
1960 -

The American writer Linda Castillo first wrote a series of books on romance and relations, and then got her breakthrough...

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Magris, Claudio
1939 -

Italian author, translator and professor of Germanic studies born in Trieste. The cosmopolitan and dynamic city of Trieste...

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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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