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Sample of authors
Kent, Hannah
The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister, she spent a lot of time out in nature among oaks and rubber trees. This interest in nature is mirrored in her novels, in which she likes to "transform the qualities of nature into prose". She is one of those children who decide to become an author at an early age. She made...
Literary figures
Domare Di
Gender: Male
Judge Dee is based on a real person, the legendary seventh century Chinese judge Dee Jen-Djieh. Stories about him began to be written down early on. They were discovered by the Dutch sinologist Robert van Gulik who wrote a series of mystery stories based on him. Most are based on van Gulik’s own storylines featuring Dee.