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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
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Dag Solstad
Norwegian writer
Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
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Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian writer
Fløgstad, Kjartan
Kjartan Fløgstad
Norwegian writer
Kielland, Alexander Lange
Alexander Lange Kielland
Norwegian writer
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Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Hans E. Kinck.
Hans E. Kinck
Norwegian writer
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Tryggve Andersen
Norwegian writer
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Tarjei Vesaas
Norwegian author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Russian writer
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen
American author
Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Isabel Allende, 2008
Isabel Allende
Chilean American writer
James McBride
James McBride
American author and musician
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Japanese author