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It is 88 years today since Larry McMurtry was born.
The American novelist Larry Jeff McMurtry was born and raised on a cattle farm in Archer City near Wichita Falls, Texas. His parents were cattle breeders.
McMurtry studied at Rice University, Houston, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1960. After a year at Stanford University he began to teach at Texas Christian University (1961–1962) and at Rice University (1964–1964). As of 1971, McMurtry was...
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Hollinghurst, Alan
1954 -
Alan James Hollinghurst is a British author who was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and grew up in Faringdon, Berkshire,...
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Grossman, David
1954 -
David Grossman is an Israeli author and journalist born in Jerusalem to Polish Jewish parents. His father, Yitzhak...
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Warner, Alan
1964 -
Alan Warner is a Scottish author born in Connel near Oban on the west coast of Scotland. He grew up in a working class...
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Matute, Ana María
1925 - 2014
Ana María Matute was a Spanish author born in a wealthy, conservative family in Barcelona as the second of five children. ...
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