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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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Ekbäck, Cecilia
1971 -
Cecilia Ekbäck was born in Stockholm and grew up in Hudiksvall with Sami (Lappish) roots. Her parents were from Lycksele. ...
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Shaw, George Bernard
1856 - 1950
Irish author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Dublin to a middle-class family. His father was an alcoholic and his mother...
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Vian, Boris
1920 - 1959
French author born in the Paris suburb of Ville-d'Avray. Boris Vian went to school in Paris and trained as an engineer at...
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Moravia, Alberto
1907 - 1990
Alberto Pincherle Moravia was a dominating, though controversial, literary and intellectual figure in 20th century Italy....
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