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    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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Portrait of Peer Hultberg

Hultberg, Peer
1935 - 2007

The Danish author and psychoanalyst Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede and grew up in Horsens and Viborg on the island of...

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Författarporträtt av Ekbäck, Cecilia

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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Författarporträtt av Mistral, Gabriela

Mistral, Gabriela
1889 - 1957

The Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral was born in Vicuña as Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga. She came from a...

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Portrait image of Jules Verne

Verne, Jules
1828 - 1905

French author, born in Nantes. To a large extent, his childhood appears to have been characterized by loneliness; he was...

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