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It is 109 years today since Saul Bellow was born.
American author, born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada, but mainly raised in Chicago, where his family moved in 1924. Saul Bellow grew up as the youngest child in a Russian-Jewish family who had left St. Petersburg in 1913. His father was a businessman. Bellow got his education at Tuley High School and the University of Chicago before moving to Northwestern University, where he obtained a degree in...
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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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Matheson, Richard
1926 - 2013
Richard Matheson was born in New Jersey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After his parents divorce he lived with his...
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Harris, Frank
1856 - 1931
The editor, journalist and publisher Frank Harris was born in Ireland. He was a notorious womanizer who became an American...
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Mann, Thomas
1875 - 1955
The German novelist and short story writer Thomas Mann was born in Lübeck. His father, who was a senator and wealthy ...
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Price, Anthony
1928 - 2019
Anthony Price is a British author and newspaperman born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. His parents spent many years in...
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