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Martin Andersen Nexø: Quick Facts

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Born June 26, 1869 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died June 1, 1954 (aged 84) • Dresden • East Germany
Notable Works “Ditte: Daughter of Man” • “Muldskud” • “Pelle the Conqueror” • “Under the Open Sky”

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Hans Christian Branner
Danish author
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Gustav Wied
Danish author
Henrik Pontoppidan, 1917.
Henrik Pontoppidan
Danish author
Isak Dinesen, 1959
Isak Dinesen
Danish author
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt.
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt
Danish author
Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Jens Peter Jacobsen
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Sven Holm
Danish writer
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Peter Seeberg
Danish author
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Herman Bang
Danish writer
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