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Birthplaces of the Storytellers
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Yohannan Abraham
Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Janet Akaike - Toste
Kofu, Japan
Martha Baker
San Antonio, Texas
Grace Ballenger
Shanghai,China
Olga Codutti
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Wadi-Hunayn, Palestine
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San Antonio, Texas
Yung Hwang
Okjong, Kyungnam, Korea
Hyman Lotven
Kapulah, Russia
Regina Lotven
Nancy, France
Sterling Macer
Mason City, Iowa
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Ruth L.V. Burgess
Poona (Pune), India
Edgar Galinanes
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Edward P. Ksara
Tangier, Morocco
Ioana Popescu
Bucharest, Romania
Josefina S. Raborar
Manila, Philippines
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Tuman, Peru
Ruth Penaherrera-Norton
Archidona, Ecuador
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Beaufort West, South Africa
Joy Vermooten
Nqaberie (Natal), South Africa
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Chung (Zhongshan), China
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