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  • It is 202 years today since Edmond de Goncourt was born.

    The brothers Edmond and Jules (1830–1870) de Goncourt were born in Nancy and Paris respectively. Their father was a high-ranking officer whose legacy allowed the siblings to dedicate their time to art, theatre and literature. The two brothers lived and worked together until Jules died of syphilis in 1870. Neither brother married. As to their work, they are perceived as one and the same since E...

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  • It is 77 years today since Carol O'Connell was born.

    Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "Kathy" Mallory.
    O’Connel published her first novel at the age of forty-seven and has tried to stay out of the limelight. She offers little information about her person, and not much is known about her early years. She was born in New York and grew up in New York, New Jer...

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Portrait of Czeslaw Milosz

Milosz, Czeslaw
1911 - 2004

Polish author and Nobel Prize laureate born and raised in the village of Šeteniai, Lithuania, the Russian Empire. His ...

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Författarporträtt av White, Patrick

White, Patrick
1912 - 1990

Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian author and Nobel Prize laureate born in London to a family of wealthy...

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Författarporträtt av Naumann, Cilla

Naumann, Cilla
1960 -

Cilla Naumann was born in Stockholm. During a period of her life she lived with her family in South-East Scania, but she...

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Portrait image of Julian Symons

Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994

Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...

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