Meny
  • 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...

    Further reading

Sample of Authors

Portrait of Mario Puzo

Puzo, Mario
1920 - 1999

Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author born in a slum known as Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan, New York. His parents were b...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Nin, Anaïs

Nin, Anaïs
1903 - 1977

Anaïs Nin was an American author born and raised in Paris, Barcelona and New York. Her mother was a soprano of ...

Further reading
Portrait of Guðbergur Bergsson

Bergsson, Guðbergur
1932 - 2023

Guðbergur Bergsson used to say that he comes from Grindavik, not from Iceland. Grindavik is a small Icelandic fishing ...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Fallada, Hans

Fallada, Hans
1893 - 1947

The German author Hans Fallada was born as Rudof Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen in Greifswald, German Empire. He was the second...

Further reading