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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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Södergran, Edith
1892 - 1923
The Finland-Swedish poet Edith Södergran was born in St. Petersburg, but her family soon moved to the village of Raivola on ...
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Dickens, Charles
1812 - 1870
Charles Dickens appealed to rich and poor alike, and was the most popular of all the Victorian authors. He was born into a...
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Matheson, Richard
1926 - 2013
Richard Matheson was born in New Jersey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After his parents divorce he lived with his...
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Toussaint, Jean-Philippe
1957 -
Belgian author and filmer, born in Brussels. He spent a large part of his youth in Paris, where he eventually also came to...
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