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It is 108 years today since Camilo José Cela was born.
Spanish author, born in El Padrón, a small village in the province of La Coruña in northwestern Spain. His father, Camilo, worked as a geography teacher, customs officer, and writer. His mother, Camila, was born in Spain, but her parents were English. The author has a son who is also called Camilo José. The latter is a university professor and has written a biography of his father. Cela studied ph...
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It is 99 years today since Rubem Fonseca was born.
Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a degree in Law at Rio de Janeiro’s federal university, UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). In 1952 he started a career in the police service, first as a patrolling police officer, advancing quickly in rank to eventually become police commissioner, one of the highest p...
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Perec, Georges
1936 - 1982
George Perec's Jewish parents emigrated from Poland to France in the 1920s. His father served in the war and was killed in...
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Levin, Ira
1929 - 2007
The American novelist, playwright and scriptwriter Ira Levin was born in Bronx in New York; he was the only child in the...
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Sontag, Susan
1933 - 2004
Susan Sontag was an American author, critic, filmmaker and political activist. She was born in New York as the daughter of...
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Montale, Eugenio
1896 - 1981
The Italian poet and translator Eugenio Montale was born to a middle-class family in Genoa. He was the youngest of seven...
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