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  • It is 88 years today since Larry McMurtry was born.

    The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas. His parents were cattle breeders.
    McMurtry studied at Rice University, Houston, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1960. After a year at Stanford University he began to teach at Texas Christian University (1961–1962) and at Rice University (1964–1964). As of 1971, McMurtry was...

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Författarporträtt av Chesterton, G.K.

Chesterton, G.K.
1874 - 1936

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a British author and critic born in Kensington, London, as the oldest son of a retired estate...

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Författarporträtt av Mosley, Walter

Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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Modiano, Patrick
1945 -

Reluctant to talk about himself in the beginning of his career, Patrick Modiano claimed that he was born in 1947. It has...

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Författarporträtt av Tartt, Donna

Tartt, Donna
1963 -

The American novelist Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood and grew up in Grenada, both in the State of Mississippi. She...

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