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It is 152 years today since Bertrand Russell was born.
The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an aristocratic family that included the former Prime Minister Lord John Russell. His parents were liberal and advocated, among other things, the emancipation of women. Although his godfather was John Stuart Mill, the boy was brought up by his Presbyterian grandmother after he was...
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It is 80 years today since W.G. Sebald was born.
Winfried Georg (W.G.) Sebald was born near the end of the Second World War in the Bavarian mountain village of Wertach where his mother had moved to get away from the bombing of the town of Bamberg. His parents, Rosa and Georg, had three children. His father, an officer of the Wehrmacht who had participated in the invasion of Poland, was a prisoner of war until 1947, but mentioning the war was...
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Gavalda, Anna
1970 -
Anna Gavalda grew up in the Paris middle-class suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. For as long as she can remember, she has...
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Keller, Gottfried
1819 - 1890
Gottfried Keller was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His father was a lathe-worker who died in 1824. Keller grew up in poverty...
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Gustafsson, Lars
1936 - 2016
The Swedish author Lars Gustafsson was born in Västerås where his father was a merchant. He passed his baccalaureate in 1...
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Jungstedt, Mari
1962 -
Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist, broadcaster and author born in Stockholm. Her parents were very young when they...
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