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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 Trosell, Aino](images/writer/1753/wm_BR_1753_20131028094858_Large.jpg)
Trosell, Aino
1949 -
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell...
Further reading![Portrait image of Cecil Day Lewis](images/writer/5499/6197c8d0d31f93cdef0c2d1ff764d6ceb1b443c0418f8.jpg)
Day Lewis, Cecil
1904 - 1972
Irish poet, publisher and professor, and a British citizen from 1948. Cecil Day Lewis is one of the most prominent names in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lockridge, Frances](images/writer/7250/5c0f9904d3e555b27d4e778400f98346be1eee829a435.jpg)
Lockridge, Frances
1896 - 1963
The American author and journalist Frances Lockridge was born as Frances Davis in Kansas City in Missouri, where she also...
Further reading![Portrait image of Pierre Boileau](images/writer/5580/61978e7d910a9c9f1819dd06cbf7f1197884b0e60ef4c.jpg)
Boileau, Pierre
1906 - 1989
Pierre Boileau was one half of the partnership (and the brand) Boileau-Narcejac, which can best be described as French...
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