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Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.

Siri Hustvedt

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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
Happened
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Writing
Never
Like
Remembering
Fiction

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