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Portrait image of Hannah Kent Photo: Guillem Lopez / TT (2013)

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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...

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Portrait of Janwillem van de Wetering Photo: Peter Peitsch (1993) / www.peitschphoto.com

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Wetering, Janwillem van de

Janwillem (actually Jan Willem) van de Wetering was a Dutch author born in Rotterdam to a merchant family. After graduating with a degree in business administration, van de Wetering travelled to Cape Town at the age of nineteen. He had been offered a job by one of his father’s business contacts, but he lost it when he refused to move to Johannesburg. He remained in South Africa for another six y...

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