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Born May 17, 1957 (age 67) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works “Borderliners” • “Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow” • “The History of Danish Dreams” • “The Quiet Girl” • “Susan Effect, The” • “The Woman and the Ape”
Martin Andersen Nexø.
Martin Andersen Nexø
Danish author
Henrik Pontoppidan, 1917.
Henrik Pontoppidan
Danish author
Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Jens Peter Jacobsen
Danish author
Isak Dinesen, 1959
Isak Dinesen
Danish author
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt.
Meïr Aron Goldschmidt
Danish author
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Icelandic author
Hans Christian Branner
Danish author
Sven Holm
Danish writer
Gustav Wied
Danish author
Peter Seeberg
Danish author
Herman Bang
Danish writer
John Banim
Irish author
Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
French author
Michael Banim
Irish author
Émile Erckmann
French author
Albert Halper
American author
Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
American writer
Violet Martin
Irish writer
Anzia Yezierska
American author