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Liksom, Rosa
1958 -
The Finnish author Rosa Liksom was born as Anni Ylävaara in Övertornå, Lapponia, in the far north of Sweden where people on b...
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Diderot, Denis
1713 - 1784
French author and philosopher born in the city of Langres in north-east France. He was the son of a wealthy knife maker and...
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Galsworthy, John
1867 - 1933
John Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill, the Galsworthy family estate in Surrey. His father was a successful barrister,...
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Cornwell, Patricia D.
1956 -
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ d...
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