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  • It is 88 years today since Larry McMurtry was born.

    The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas. His parents were cattle breeders.
    McMurtry studied at Rice University, Houston, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1960. After a year at Stanford University he began to teach at Texas Christian University (1961–1962) and at Rice University (1964–1964). As of 1971, McMurtry was...

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Portrait of John Updike

Updike, John
1932 - 2009

American author, born in the small town of Shillington in Pennsylvania, where also his earliest works take place, but then...

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Portrait image of André Bjerke

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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Författarporträtt av Wingfield, R.D.

Wingfield, R.D.
1928 - 2007

His full name was Rodney David Wingfield, an English author and dramatist, born in Hackney in London. He was educated at...

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Författarporträtt av Marsé, Juan

Marsé, Juan
1933 - 2020

Juan Marsé Carbó, born Juan Faneca Roca, was a Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter from Barcelona. His biological p...

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