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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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Lesage, Alain René
1668 - 1747
Alain-René Lesage was a French playwright and novelist born in Bretagne. He read law in Paris and practiced briefly before ...
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Schulman, Ninni
1972 -
The Swedish author Ninni Schulman was born as Karin Jessica Christina Olofsdotter-Jansson at Rämmen in Värmland province, a...
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
1821 - 1881
Russian author, born in Moscow. Fyodor Dostoyevsky lived his life against a dark background of both political and personal...
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Darrieussecq, Marie
1969 -
Marie Darrieussecq was born and raised in Bayonne in the Basque Country region of south-west France. Her mother was a...
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