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Born November 25, 1881 • Norway
Died July 17, 1939 (aged 57) • Oslo • Norway
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Garborg, Arne Evensen
Arne Evensen Garborg
Norwegian author
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Nordahl Grieg
Norwegian author
Kielland, Alexander Lange
Alexander Lange Kielland
Norwegian writer
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Jens Bjørneboe
Norwegian author
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Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
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Dag Solstad
Norwegian writer
Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901.
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian dramatist and poet
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg
Scandinavian author
Heiberg, Gunnar
Gunnar Heiberg
Norwegian playwright
Ørjasæter, Tore
Tore Ørjasæter
Norwegian poet
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Johan Nordahl Brun
Norwegian author
Obstfelder, Sigbjørn
Sigbjørn Obstfelder
Norwegian poet
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James Goldman
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
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Mary Hayley Bell
British author and actress
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Portrait of Charles Dickens seated at a desk, writing with a quill pen, dressed in a suit with a bow tie.
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer