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It is 56 years today since John Connolly was born.
Irish author, born and raised in Dublin. After finishing school, he worked for a few years, including jobs as a bartender and waiter, before starting to study at Trinity College in his home city. After graduating with a B.A. in English, he went on to study Journalism at Dublin City University, gaining an M.A. in 1993. He did freelance work for The Irish Times but got tired of that and decided to...
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Christie, Agatha
1890 - 1976
English detective writer, born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in an affluent middle-class home in Torquay in Devon County....
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Pamuk, Orhan
1952 -
Turkish author, born and grew up in Istanbul, Nisantasi, in an affluent middle-class family. The father was a civil...
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Manotti, Dominique
1942 -
Behind the name Dominique Manotti hides the professor of Economic History Marie-Noëlle Thibault. It was when she, in her ...
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Staalesen, Gunnar
1947 -
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary...
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