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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 Sturgeon, Theodore](images/writer/6924/6924_20160913085638.jpg)
Sturgeon, Theodore
1918 - 1985
Theodore Sturgeon – he was born Edward Hamilton Waldo – was an American author of primarily science fiction and fantasy, but...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Stein, Jesper](images/writer/7207/5bd433a59dc2a98ca04c61358164f8462e77b56281276.jpg)
Stein, Jesper
1965 -
As a journalist, Stein was known by his full name, Jesper Stein Larsen. For his literary career, he used the shortened...
Further reading![Portrait of Anne Mette Hancock](images/writer/7690/60bc6fca7e234d4a19bd66a146c3f36f2633209f0d9ef.jpg)
Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -
After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Östergren, Klas](images/writer/1923/wm_BR_5f68a79bde11644e7b5d167f878ade5588a0497f92ea2.jpg)
Östergren, Klas
1955 -
Klas Östergren was born in Stockholm, where he grew up at Lilla Essingen, which also remained a typical working-class ...
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