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It is 108 years today since Camilo José Cela was born.
Spanish author, born in El Padrón, a small village in the province of La Coruña in northwestern Spain. His father, Camilo, worked as a geography teacher, customs officer, and writer. His mother, Camila, was born in Spain, but her parents were English. The author has a son who is also called Camilo José. The latter is a university professor and has written a biography of his father. Cela studied ph...
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It is 99 years today since Rubem Fonseca was born.
Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a degree in Law at Rio de Janeiro’s federal university, UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). In 1952 he started a career in the police service, first as a patrolling police officer, advancing quickly in rank to eventually become police commissioner, one of the highest p...
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Davis, Dorothy Salisbury
1916 - 2014
The American crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and adopted by an older childless couple,...
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Follett, Ken
1949 -
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...
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Cunningham, Michael
1952 -
Michael Cunningham was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in Pasadena, California, and studied at Stanford and the...
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Franzen, Jonathan
1959 -
The American author and essayist Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois, but grew up in Webster Groves, a...
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