Anniversaries - June 19, 2019
It is 72 years today since Salman Rushdie was born.
Salman Rushdie is the undisputed pioneer and a mentor for the Anglo-Indian literary generation that came to popularity in the 1980s. He was born in Bombay in 1947, the son of a Muslim businessman educated at Cambridge. His paternal grandfather wrote poetry in Urdu; the family spoke both English and Urdu at home. After partition they emigrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi.
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It is 48 years today since Anders De la Motte was born.
The Swedish author, former police officer and director of security Anders de la Motte was born in Billesholm, Scania province. He attended upper-secondary school at Tycho Braheskolan in Helsingborg until 1990. He then did his military service in the Military Police and later worked as an instructor within the military police force. He enrolled at police college in Stockholm in 1993.
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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield, attended Manchester... Further reading
Baldursdóttir, Kristín Marja
1949 -
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic author born in Hafnarfjörður, a fishing community situated about ten kilometres south-west of Reykjavik. S... Further reading
Wolfe, Thomas
1900 - 1938
The American novelist and playwright Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Although his parents later divorced, his dysfunctional... Further reading
Eriksson, Kjell
1953 -
The Swedish author and gardener Kjell Eriksson was born in Uppsala, Sweden and grew up in a working-class family on Ymergatan in the district of... Further reading