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  • It is 202 years today since Edmond de Goncourt was born.

    The brothers Edmond and Jules (1830–1870) de Goncourt were born in Nancy and Paris respectively. Their father was a high-ranking officer whose legacy allowed the siblings to dedicate their time to art, theatre and literature. The two brothers lived and worked together until Jules died of syphilis in 1870. Neither brother married. As to their work, they are perceived as one and the same since E...

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  • It is 77 years today since Carol O'Connell was born.

    Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "Kathy" Mallory.
    O’Connel published her first novel at the age of forty-seven and has tried to stay out of the limelight. She offers little information about her person, and not much is known about her early years. She was born in New York and grew up in New York, New Jer...

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Författarporträtt av Hamilton, Donald

Hamilton, Donald
1916 - 2006

Swedish-American author, born in Uppsala as Donald Bengtsson Hamilton. When he was a child, his father, who was a doctor,...

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Portrait of John Harvey

Harvey, John
1938 -

The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...

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Portrait image of Guillaume Musso

Musso, Guillaume
1974 -

Frenchman who has written a number of thrillers which have been translated into many languages, and who is said to be the...

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Portrait of Bernard-Henri Lévy

Lévy, Henri-Bernard
1948 -

French author and philosopher born in Béni Saf, Algeria. His father, a member of the French Jewish community, came from a ...

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