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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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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...
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Persson Giolito, Malin
1969 -
When Malin Persson Giolito was still called only Persson, she grew up in Djursholm, Stockholm. Her mother, who was the...
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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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Carofiglio, Gianrico
1961 -
Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian novelist and former judge born and raised in Bari, Apulia. After having passed his law...
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