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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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Musil, Robert
1880 - 1942
Austrian writer, born in Klagenfurt, as the son of an engineer who later became a professor. Robert Musil received his...
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Paasilinna, Arto
1942 - 2018
Arto Paasilinna was born in Kittilä in the Finnish part of Lapland. His father died from pulmonary tuberculosis at the age ...
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Innes, Michael
1906 - 1994
Michael Innes is the pen name adopted by John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, a British author and professor of literature at...
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Rodoreda, Mercè
1909 - 1983
Mercè Rodoreda was born in Barcelona. Catalan was her native language. There are only scant biographical details available ...
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