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![Författarporträtt av Hornung, E.W.](images/writer/5566/5566.jpg)
Hornung, E.W.
1866 - 1921
The English teacher and journalist Ernest William Hornung (Willie to his family) was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s b...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lindstein, Mariette](images/writer/7478/wm_BL_5ebc1324d470dae9e9ec7d43a4396c47761c816f0d37c.jpg)
Lindstein, Mariette
1958 -
Swedish author and lecturer, born as Mariette Westam in Halmstad, where she also grew up. As a child, she wrote ghost...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Flaubert, Gustave](images/writer/536/536_20120502100336.jpg)
Flaubert, Gustave
1821 - 1880
The French author Gustave Flaubert, the son of a prominent surgeon, grew up in Rouen. Both his parents were atheists, and,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Silone, Ignazio](images/writer/1562/1562_20130930175110.jpg)
Silone, Ignazio
1900 - 1978
The pseudonym of Secondo Tranquilli, an Italian author and intellectual, born in Pescina dei Marsi. Silone came from a poor...
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