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It is 165 years today since Arthur Conan Doyle was born.
Scottish author with Irish ancestry, born in Edinburgh. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, worked as a civil servant, but was also a painter and illustrator. He was sickly, become seriously alcoholic over the years and was admitted into psychiatric care in 1885. He died in 1893. It was Arthur’s mother, Mary, born Foley, who instead held the family together, struggling to give her son a good e...
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It is 75 years today since Aino Trosell was born.
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell moved to Gothenburg where she combined her high school studies with work at a psychiatric institution and a tobacco company. After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Services from the Social Work College in 1974, she took on employment as a social worker, but found the job...
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Crumley, James
1939 - 2008
The American author and teacher James Arthur Crumley never reached bestseller status. However, he was instrumental in the...
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Galsworthy, John
1867 - 1933
John Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill, the Galsworthy family estate in Surrey. His father was a successful barrister,...
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Patterson, James
1947 -
The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an...
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Williams, Tennessee
1911 - 1983
American playwright born in Columbus, Mississippi as Thomas Lanier Williams. His father was a travelling shoe salesman, and...
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