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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
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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Ende, Michael
1929 - 1995
Michael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. His father was one of the first German surrealist painters, and...
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Tokarczuk, Olga
1962 -
Polish author, born in the little village Klenica in western Poland, where her parents were teachers at a residential...
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Duras, Marguerite
1914 - 1996
French author born as Marguerite Donnadieu in Gia Dinh near Saigon, Indo China (present-day Vietnam). Her mother, Marie...
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Matheson, Richard
1926 - 2013
Richard Matheson was born in New Jersey and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After his parents divorce he lived with his...
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