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It is 124 years today since Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born.
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger de Saint Exupéry was born on June 29 in Lyon, France. He came from an aristocratic, but not wealthy, family. His father died before his son was four, and his mother moved to Le Mans with her five children. This was where Saint-Exupéry attended school. He was aiming for a naval certificate, but he failed the exam.
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It is 81 years today since Maureen O'Brien was born.
Maureen O’Brien is an English actress and author from Merseyside, United Kingdom. She was born in Liverpool, where she later attended the Notre Dame School at Mount Pleasant, and she grew up in Kirkby. O’Brien is the sister of the actress Eileen O’Brien. In 1961, she moved to London where she attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated with a teacher’s degree in 1964. The same ye...
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It is 49 years today since Katrine Engberg was born.
Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and for a long time had a successful dancing career, for example at Det Kongelige Teater, and as a choreographer and director.
Katrine Engberg lives in the centre of Copenhagen with her husband and children. Following the great success of her crime novels, she is now a...
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![Författarporträtt av Marsden, John](images/writer/1132/5bfeb257032e9761840924a82b6830757bb9b37d47bcc.jpg)
Marsden, John
1950 -
John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in a series of small towns in the Australian outback. His father...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Carroll, Lewis](images/writer/298/298_20160112093118_Large.jpg)
Carroll, Lewis
1832 - 1898
Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of the English author and mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, born in Daresbury,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Cox, Anthony Berkeley](images/writer/2394/2394_20150430091132.jpg)
Cox, Anthony Berkeley
1893 - 1971
The British author Anthony Berkely Cox was born in Watford to a wealthy family. His father was a physician. After attending...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Tartt, Donna](images/writer/3121/3121_20130615151003_Large.jpg)
Tartt, Donna
1963 -
The American novelist Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood and grew up in Grenada, both in the State of Mississippi. She...
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