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    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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Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994

Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...

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Författarporträtt av Aymé, Marcel

Aymé, Marcel
1902 - 1967

French author born in the town of Joigny, Burgundy, as the youngest of six children. His father was a cavalry farrier. His...

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Författarporträtt av Blok, Aleksandr

Blok, Aleksandr
1880 - 1921

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok is one of the great masters of Russian symbolism. He combined the early Russian literary...

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Författarporträtt av Wright, Laurali R.

Wright, Laurali R.
1939 - 2001

Canadian crime-fiction writer and journalist. She was born as Laurali R. (Rose) Appleby in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in...

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