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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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![Författarporträtt av Turèll, Dan](images/writer/1758/1758_20130323223835.jpg)
Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993
Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...
Further reading![Portrait of Jakob Arjouni](images/writer/3133/606f08223557b9bda1afdcac2bfc6c12deb91eaece43f.jpg)
Arjouni, Jakob
1964 - 2013
Pseudonym for the German author and dramatist Jakob Bothe. He was born as Jakob Michelsen in Frankfurt am Main as the son...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti](images/writer/4689/wm_BR_4689_20150323174726_Large.jpg)
Rönkä, Matti
1959 -
The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...
Further reading![Portrait image of Fredrik Skagen](images/writer/1585/62697f18d8898b3f6846e4e369b98b6a831dae3812ed1.jpg)
Skagen, Fredrik
1936 - 2017
Fredrik Skagen is one of Norway’s most popular award-winning crime writers. He was born in Trondheim where he lived all his l...
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