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![Författarporträtt av Darwish, Mahmoud](images/writer/4442/wm_BR_4442_20140902121951_Large.jpg)
Darwish, Mahmoud
1941 - 2008
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was born in the village of al-Birweh in Western Gallilee to a landowning family. His...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Musil, Robert](images/writer/1217/1217_20130128224928.jpg)
Musil, Robert
1880 - 1942
Austrian writer, born in Klagenfurt, as the son of an engineer who later became a professor. Robert Musil received his...
Further reading![Portrait image of Jonathan Swift](images/writer/1678/669fc0e782706b4ce6b5ab95fa6806ddc7d35f9c1bec0.jpg)
Swift, Jonathan
1667 - 1745
The Anglo-Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His cousin was the English poet and...
Further reading![Portrait of Elmore Leonard](images/writer/1011/60368777202b6fc731c682cf7322f62114528e4caf0bc.jpg)
Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...
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