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![Portrait image of Robert van Gulik](images/writer/662/618d33b1978b69da6979a6c6c6fc5447d64a72c32d35e.jpg)
Gulik, Robert van
1910 - 1967
Robert Hans van Gulik was born in Zutphen, the Netherlands, and grew up in Batavia (now Jakarta) in the former Dutch East...
Further reading![Portrait image of Per Wahlöö](images/writer/1813/6266cccf6bb27093757c57574453fce3e516e780d17ec.jpg)
Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975
Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...
Further reading![Portrait of Jean-Patrick Manchette](images/writer/3469/60991ec0d6163b0d3438897a577ea3972886d0c6acb68.jpg)
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...
Further reading![Portrait image of André Bjerke](images/writer/5925/621cec57647fa520419d900356c76c880faf7b0917d32.jpg)
Bjerke, André
1918 - 1985
André Bjerke was a prominent figure on the Norwegian culture scene in the 1990s. He was an authority on Norwegian post-war ...
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