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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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![Portrait image of Josef Skvorecky](images/writer/1591/619ae4238123b245c013d8c82811e2c7bcf89e0688c60.jpg)
Skvorecky, Josef
1924 - 2012
The Czech author, editor, translator and (film)scriptwriter Josef Škvorecký was born in Náchod, in Bohemia. He is co...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Staalesen, Gunnar](images/writer/1613/wm_BR_1613_20160316144455_Large.jpg)
Staalesen, Gunnar
1947 -
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Pamuk, Orhan](images/writer/1339/wm_BR_1339_20130529152740_Large.jpg)
Pamuk, Orhan
1952 -
Turkish author, born and grew up in Istanbul, Nisantasi, in an affluent middle-class family. The father was a civil...
Further reading![Portrait image of Matti Yrjänä Joensuu](images/writer/861/6220dc1b38f468bc69be06d629d81e95b62c6af699e11.jpg)
Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
1948 - 2011
Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish crime writer and criminal investigator. He was born and lived most of his life in H...
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