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Authors are writters who write various forms of literature including books, artices, essays etc.

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Peter Altenberg

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He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859. The nom de plume, "Altenberg", came from a small town on the Danube River. Allegedly, he chose the "Peter" to honour a young girl whom he remembered as ...

Jean Améry

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Jean Améry (October 31, 1912 – October 17, 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. Formerly a philosophy and ...

Henrik ibsen

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Henrik Ibsen (May 20th 1828-May 23rd 1906) was a 19th-Century Norwegian playwright, theatre director and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of ...

Lou Andreas-Salomé

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Lou Andreas-Salomé (born Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé, 12 February 1861 – 5 January 1937) was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and author. Her diverse intellectual interests led to ...

Alfred Andersch

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Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany ...

Stefan Andres

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Stefan Paul Andres (Dhrönchen (a part of Trittenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate), 26 June 1906 - Rome, 29 June 1970) was a German novelist.He was a widely-read German writer in the post-World War II ...

Hilaire Belloc

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Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early ...

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