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It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...
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Kertész, Imre
1929 - 2016
Imre Kertész was a Hungarian author born in Budapest to a secular Jewish family. He was widely translated and one of ...
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Vargas Llosa, Mario
1936 -
Peruvian author, born in Arequipa in the southern part of the country. His parents divorced soon after his birth, and Mario...
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Hulová, Petra
1979 -
The Czech author Petra Hulová was born in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. She grew up with two fathers and many stepsisters ...
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Starrett, Vincent
1886 - 1974
American Vincent Starrett was what in English is known as a ‘bookman’. He devoted his life and his professional activities to...
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