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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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Författarporträtt av Carver, Raymond

Carver, Raymond
1938 - 1988

American author who was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, and grew up in Yakima, Washington. His father was a sawmill worker with...

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Författarporträtt av Wolfe, Thomas

Wolfe, Thomas
1900 - 1938

The American novelist and playwright Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Although his parents later...

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Författarporträtt av McCloy, Helen

McCloy, Helen
1904 - 1992

Helen McCloy is an American crime writer born in New York. She grew up in a book-loving family. Her mother, Helen Worrell...

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Författarporträtt av Yeats, William Butler

Yeats, William Butler
1865 - 1939

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin to an Anglo-Irish family, but he spent most of his life in England and France. His...

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