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It is 152 years today since Bertrand Russell was born.
The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an aristocratic family that included the former Prime Minister Lord John Russell. His parents were liberal and advocated, among other things, the emancipation of women. Although his godfather was John Stuart Mill, the boy was brought up by his Presbyterian grandmother after he was...
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It is 80 years today since W.G. Sebald was born.
Winfried Georg (W.G.) Sebald was born near the end of the Second World War in the Bavarian mountain village of Wertach where his mother had moved to get away from the bombing of the town of Bamberg. His parents, Rosa and Georg, had three children. His father, an officer of the Wehrmacht who had participated in the invasion of Poland, was a prisoner of war until 1947, but mentioning the war was...
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Bragi, Steinar
1975 -
The Icelandic author Steinar Bragi grew up in Reykjavik. After graduation he read comparative literature and philosophy at...
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Crichton, Michael
1942 - 2008
The American author, physician, director and teacher John Michael Crichton was a remarkable person for several reasons: he...
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Parker, Robert B.
1932 - 2010
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker...
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Woods, Stuart
1938 - 2022
Stuart Woods was an American author of crime fiction and former racing sailor whose first novel is now considered a crime...
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