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It is 131 years today since Dorothy L. Sayers was born.
English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir School, and his wife Helen Leigh Sayers. When Dorothy L. (Leigh) Sayers was four years old, the family moved to Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire where the father was appointed pastor. The parents had cultural and linguistic interests, and regularly travelled with their daughter to...
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![Författarporträtt av Sten, Viveca](images/writer/5606/wm_BR_5606_20150910004255_Large.jpg)
Sten, Viveca
1959 -
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rivas, Manuel](images/writer/6409/wm_BR_6409_20141106164659_Large.jpg)
Rivas, Manuel
1957 -
Manuel Rivas is a Spanish novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and journalist born in La Coruña, Galicia in northwest ...
Further reading![Portrait of Jean-Patrick Manchette](images/writer/3469/60991ec0d6163b0d3438897a577ea3972886d0c6acb68.jpg)
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Damhaug, Torkil](images/writer/6740/wm_BR_6740_20160316131834_Large.jpg)
Damhaug, Torkil
1958 -
Torkil Damhaug is a Norwegian author and physician born in Lillehammer. His father was an officer of the Norwegian Army and...
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