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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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Rivas, Manuel
1957 -
Manuel Rivas is a Spanish novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and journalist born in La Coruña, Galicia in northwest ...
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Vallgren, Carl-Johan
1964 -
Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren has never been sure about whether he should focus on music or on writing. He studied music and...
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Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
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Morrison, Arthur
1863 - 1945
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic...
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