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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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Tangen, Geir
1970 -
The Norwegian author Geir Tangen was born in Øystese in Hardanger where he also grew up. In the family home, reading was ...
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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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Fonseca, Rubem
1925 - 2020
Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Banville, John](images/writer/2002/wm_BR_2002_20130821132828_Large.jpg)
Banville, John
1945 -
John Banville is one of Ireland’s best known and most prize-winning authors. He was awarded the Booker Prize in 2005, the K...
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