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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 Dunsany, Edward Plunkett](images/writer/6035/6035_20120730080433.jpg)
Dunsany, Edward Plunkett
1878 - 1957
The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sayers, Dorothy L.](images/writer/1512/1512_20150724072146_Large.jpg)
Sayers, Dorothy L.
1893 - 1957
English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir...
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Musso, Guillaume
1974 -
Frenchman who has written a number of thrillers which have been translated into many languages, and who is said to be the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dunant, Sarah](images/writer/2156/2156_20130815123818_Large.jpg)
Dunant, Sarah
1950 -
The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham...
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