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  • It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.

    The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...

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Författarporträtt av Strindberg, August

Strindberg, August
1849 - 1912

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish author born in Stockholm to a large middle-class family. His father was head of the...

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Författarporträtt av Rice, Craig

Rice, Craig
1908 - 1957

Pseudonym of the American crime writer Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig who was born in Chicago. Her parents – her father was a...

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Författarporträtt av Hugo, Victor

Hugo, Victor
1802 - 1885

The French author Victor Hugo (Victor-Marie Hugo) was born in Besançon. His father was of one of Napoleon's generals. As a ...

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Författarporträtt av Egholm, Elsebeth

Egholm, Elsebeth
1960 -

The Danish author Elsebeth Egholm was born in Nyborg and grew up in Lisbjerg. Her parents owned a garden centre and rented...

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