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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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Författarporträtt av Beckett, Samuel

Beckett, Samuel
1906 - 1989

The Irishman Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and a prominent figure within...

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Författarporträtt av Nin, Anaïs

Nin, Anaïs
1903 - 1977

Anaïs Nin was an American author born and raised in Paris, Barcelona and New York. Her mother was a soprano of ...

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Författarporträtt av Apollinaire, Guillaume

Apollinaire, Guillaume
1880 - 1918

French author of Italian-Polish origin. He was born out of wedlock in Rome and was baptized Guglielmo Alberto Wladimiro...

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Portrait image of Guillaume Musso

Musso, Guillaume
1974 -

Frenchman who has written a number of thrillers which have been translated into many languages, and who is said to be the...

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