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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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Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...
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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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La Plante, Lynda
1943 -
Lynda La Plante is a British author, television producer and actor born Lynda Titchmarsh in Formby near Liverpool. Her...
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Smith, Ernest
1868 - 1942
Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author, numismatist and creator of two of the most original...
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