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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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Författarporträtt av Franzen, Jonathan

Franzen, Jonathan
1959 -

The American author and essayist Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois, but grew up in Webster Groves, a...

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Författarporträtt av Dahl, Kjell Ola

Dahl, Kjell Ola
1958 -

Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norwegian author and farmer born in Gjøvik, Oppland, north of Oslo. He grew up in Kristiansand, Oslo ...

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Författarporträtt av Lidman, Sara

Lidman, Sara
1923 - 2004

Swedish author, born in Missenträsk in Västerbotten, where she grew up in a freeholder environment characterized by C...

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Författarporträtt av Powell, Richard

Powell, Richard
1908 - 1999

Richard Powell was an author, journalist and advertising man born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he lived most of his...

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