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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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![Portrait image of Åsa Nilsonne](images/writer/1251/wm_BR_62e3de467769fb119ce0b1509e71cd2a5268b397b1161.jpg)
Nilsonne, Åsa
1949 -
Åsa Nilsonne is a Swedish psychiatrist, translator and crime writer. She was born in Stockholm, but as the daughter of a ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Oppenheim, E. Phillips](images/writer/7322/5cf79f056c379edc0b8181a8370b0ff98dae27be105fd.jpg)
Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Kallentoft, Mons](images/writer/2882/wm_BR_2882_20160316133753_Large.jpg)
Kallentoft, Mons
1968 -
Mons Kallentoft is a Swedish writer and journalist born in Ljungsbro near Linköping. He began to write at the age of ...
Further reading![Portrait of Marcello Fois](images/writer/2929/60749b2390224252a5d2f26960fbc923595fe2d30fcf3.jpg)
Fois, Marcello
1960 -
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the...
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