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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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Portrait image of Arthur Rimbaud

Rimbaud, Arthur
1854 - 1891

French author born in the industrial city of Charleville near the Belgian border. Rimbaud was the youngest son of an army...

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Författarporträtt av Simon, Claude

Simon, Claude
1913 - 2005

Claude Simon was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where his father was an officer in the French colonial army. After his...

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Författarporträtt av Chambers, Aidan

Chambers, Aidan
1934 -

British author of books for children and young adults born north of Durham, near the town of Chester-le-Street. His father...

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Författarporträtt av Schneider, Peter

Schneider, Peter
1940 -

Peter Schneider is a German author. He was born in Lübeck and grew up in Grainau and Freiburg together with his five ...

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