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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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Rinehart, Mary Roberts
1876 - 1958
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American author. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today part of Pittsburgh. Her...
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Keats, John
1795 - 1821
The English poet John Keats was born in London. His father, who was stable manager at the Swan and Hoop Inn, died in an...
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Louÿs, Pierre
1870 - 1925
Pierre Félix Louÿs was a French poet and novelist. He was born to a wealthy family in Ghent, Belgium, in somewhat unclear c...
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Weiss, Peter
1916 - 1982
Peter Weiss was a German author and visual artist born in Nowawes near Berlin to a family of Hungarian-German origin. His...
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