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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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Murray, Les
1938 - 2019
The Australian poet Les Murray was born as Leslie Allan Murray in Nabiac on the River Manning in New South Wales to a...
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Chambers, Aidan
1934 -
British author of books for children and young adults born north of Durham, near the town of Chester-le-Street. His father...
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Day Lewis, Cecil
1904 - 1972
Irish poet, publisher and professor, and a British citizen from 1948. Cecil Day Lewis is one of the most prominent names in...
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Duve, Karen
1961 -
The German author Karen Duve was born in Hamburg. After she graduated from upper-secondary school in 1981, she worked as a...
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