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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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Diski, Jenny
1947 - 2016
The British author Jenny Diski was born in London as Jenny Simmonds. She had a traumatic childhood with a father who...
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Bradbury, Ray
1920 - 2012
The American author Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, to an American father and a Swedish mother. The...
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Dahl, Kjell Ola
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Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norwegian author and farmer born in Gjøvik, Oppland, north of Oslo. He grew up in Kristiansand, Oslo ...
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Matute, Ana María
1925 - 2014
Ana María Matute was a Spanish author born in a wealthy, conservative family in Barcelona as the second of five children. ...
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