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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
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Schenkel, Andrea Maria
1962 -
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and,...
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Fowles, John
1926 - 2005
John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt...
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Molière
1622 - 1673
Real name Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, theatre manager and actor, born in Paris as the oldest son of a...
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Tafdrup, Pia
1952 -
The Danish author Pia Tafdrup was born in Copenhagen, grew up in the countryside on North Jutland and later attended the...
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