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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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Författarporträtt av Frisch, Max

Frisch, Max
1911 - 1991

The Swiss author Max Frisch was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His father was an architect. Frisch dreamed of becoming an...

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Författarporträtt av Duve, Karen

Duve, Karen
1961 -

The German author Karen Duve was born in Hamburg. After she graduated from upper-secondary school in 1981, she worked as a...

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Författarporträtt av Boccaccio, Giovanni

Boccaccio, Giovanni
1313 - 1375

Italian Renaissance author. His place of birth is uncertain; he was either born in Paris or Florence as the illegitimate...

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Författarporträtt av Maalouf, Amin

Maalouf, Amin
1949 -

The Lebanese-born author Amin Maalouf was born in Beirut. He is the second of four children. His family history is complex...

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