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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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Författarporträtt av Liffner, Eva-Marie

Liffner, Eva-Marie
1957 -

Eva-Marie Liffner is a Swedish author and journalist born in Gothenburg and raised in Frölunda in the 1950s, where she ...

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Turgenev, Ivan
1818 - 1883

The Russian author and nobleman Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev grew up on an estate in Oryol, central Russia. His father was a...

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Författarporträtt av Quasimodo, Salvatore

Quasimodo, Salvatore
1901 - 1968

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet born in Modica, near Syracuse on Sicily. He was the second of four children. His...

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Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994

Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...

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