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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 Hyland, M.J.](images/writer/4645/4645_20120418172221_Large.jpg)
Hyland, M.J.
1968 -
Maria Joan Hyland's childhood was chaotic. Her father was an alcoholic and a liar as a young man, he continued to drink,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Childers, Erskine](images/writer/4664/4664_20121112235128.jpg)
Childers, Erskine
1870 - 1922
The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Valéry, Paul](images/writer/1774/1774.jpg)
Valéry, Paul
1871 - 1945
French author born and grown up in the southern French port of Sète, where his father was a customs officer. Through his ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Solstad, Dag](images/writer/1600/wm_BR_1600_20160428124409_Large.jpg)
Solstad, Dag
1941 -
The Norwegian author Dag Solstad was born in Sandefjord. After finishing school he worked for a year as a journalist on a...
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