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Born	March 29, 1960 (age 64) • Oslo • Norway
Notable Works	“Det hvite hoteller” • “Karusellmusikk” • “Knife” • “Nemesis” • “Stemmer fra Balkan” • “Bat, The” • “The Cockroaches” • “The Devil’s Star” • “The Leopard” • “The Redbreast” • “The Redeemer” • “The Snowman” • “The Thirst”

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Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Fløgstad, Kjartan

Kjartan Fløgstad

Norwegian writer

Hans E. Kinck.

Hans E. Kinck

Norwegian writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Bob Dylan, 1963

Bob Dylan

American musician

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Truman Capote

Truman Capote

American author

Harlan Ellison.

Harlan Ellison

American author

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

Péter Nádas

Hungarian author

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

American author

Uwe Johnson

German author

Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto

Japanese writer

A.S. Byatt

British scholar, literary critic, and novelist

Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

American author

Katherine Anne Porter

American author

Andre Dubus

American author

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