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Born November 21, 1866 • Stavanger • Norway
Died July 29, 1900 (aged 33) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Movement / Style Symbolism

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Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian dramatist and poet
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
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Garborg, Arne Evensen
Arne Evensen Garborg
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Nordahl Grieg
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Jens Bjørneboe
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Tore Ørjasæter
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
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Gerhart Hauptmann
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Assia Djebar
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Ivan Cankar
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Christian Morgenstern
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