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It is 220 years today since George Sand was born.
A pseudonym of Aurore Dudevant, a French author born in Paris as Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, but from the age of four mainly raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate of Nohant in Berry. Her father was Maurice Dupin, also an aristocrat. After a time at a convent school in Paris she married baron Casimir Dudevant when 18 years old, and she had two children with him, but the...
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It is 132 years today since James M. Cain was born.
The American author and journalist James Mallahan Cain was a prominent figure in 20th century fiction. Alongside Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, he was among the first authors of "hardboiled" crime fiction that came to influence American noir fiction and film. Many of his works are considered classics, especially the novellas The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) and Double Indemnity...
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It is 66 years today since Louise Penny was born.
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She devoted herself to tough journalism and hard news, and said herself that she became "cynical, sarcastic, self-satisfied and supercilious". And an alcholic too. When she left journalism, there was above all one thing she took with her: the art of listening. "A good interviewer...
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Allende, Isabel
1942 -
Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, but she grew up in Chile. Her diplomat father left the family when Isabel was two...
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Niemi, Mikael
1959 -
Swedish author, born and raised in Pajala in Tornedalen, near the Finnish border. His grandmother was Saami and his father...
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis
1904 - 1991
Isaac Bashevis Singer, born Izaak Hersz Zynger, was the last of the great 20th century authors in Yiddish. He was born in...
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Bunin, Ivan
1870 - 1953
The Russian author Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was born to an old, noble family in Voronezh province. Having owned many serfs,...
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