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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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Ani, Friedrich
1959 -
Friedrich Ani was born in Kochel am See, Bavaria. His father was Syrian and his mother was born in Silesia. After...
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Kent, Hannah
1985 -
The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...
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Harris, Robert
1957 -
Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...
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Suter, Martin
1948 -
The Swiss author Martin Suter was born and raised in Zurich. He began to write early, decided to make writing his...
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