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Also Known As Jacobine Camilla Wergeland • Jacobine Camilla Collett
Born January 23, 1813 • Kristiansand • Norway
Died March 6, 1895 (aged 82) • Norway
Notable Works “The District Governor’s Daughter”
Notable Family Members brother Henrik Arnold Wergeland
Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian writer
Fløgstad, Kjartan
Kjartan Fløgstad
Norwegian writer
Kielland, Alexander Lange
Alexander Lange Kielland
Norwegian writer
Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Hans E. Kinck.
Hans E. Kinck
Norwegian writer
Dag Solstad
Norwegian writer
Tryggve Andersen
Norwegian writer
Tarjei Vesaas
Norwegian author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Russian writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
American writer
James McBride
James McBride
American musician, journalist, and author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American author
Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
American author