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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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Rushdie, Salman
1947 -
Salman Rushdie is the undisputed pioneer and mentor for the Indian-English literary generation which made its breakthrough...
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Jacob, Max
1876 - 1944
French author and artist born in Quimper, then a typical French provincial town in Finistère, Brittany. During his ...
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Walpole, Horace
1717 - 1797
The British author Horace Walpole was the youngest of the first Prime Minister’s, Sir Robert Walpole, three sons. Walpole’s p...
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Thomas, Dylan
1914 - 1953
The Welsh poet Dylan Mariais Thomas spent his childhood and youth at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, with his father, David...
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