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Also Known As	Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg
Born	November 1, 1902 • Bergen • Norway
Died	December 2, 1943 (aged 41) • Berlin? • Germany
Notable Works	“Ung må verden ennu være”

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

Arne Evensen Garborg

Norwegian author

Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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D.H. Lawrence

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James Joyce

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Oscar Wilde

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Luigi Pirandello

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