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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 Julie Parsons

Parsons, Julie
1951 -

Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...

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Författarporträtt av Sundstøl, Vidar

Sundstøl, Vidar
1963 -

Vidar Sundstøl is a Norwegian author of crime fiction. He was born and raised at Vøllestad in the municipality of D...

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Författarporträtt av Baudelaire, Charles

Baudelaire, Charles
1821 - 1867

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris. His father, a government official during the reign of Napoleon, was interested...

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Författarporträtt av Blok, Aleksandr

Blok, Aleksandr
1880 - 1921

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok is one of the great masters of Russian symbolism. He combined the early Russian literary...

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