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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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Crofts, Freeman Wills
1879 - 1957
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young....
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Vachss, Andrew H.
1942 - 2021
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long...
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Elytis, Odysseus
1911 - 1996
Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudhellis at Heraklion on the island of Crete. He was the youngest of six children....
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Camus, Albert
1913 - 1960
French author, born in Algeria to French parents. Having lost his father early on, he was raised alone by the mother, who...
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