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It is 90 years today since Uwe Johnson was born.
The German author Uwe Johnson was born in Cammin, Pomerania (present day Kamien Pomorski in Poland). He grew up at Anklam, Vorpommern. His mother fled with her children in 1945, during the final months of the war, to the village of Recknitz in Mecklenburg. The father had been deported to the Soviet Union and was declared dead in 1948. Johnson read languages and literature at the universities of...

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It is 73 years today since Paul Muldoon was born.
The poet Paul Muldoon grew up on a farm near the village of Moy, Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was the oldest of three children; his father was an agricultural labourer and his mother the village schoolteacher. Being a Catholic family in a largely Protestant county, they had little contact with other people. There were few books in the house except for a few Catholic pamphlets and a junior...

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It is 71 years today since Robert Crais was born.
Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a family of police officers and oil workers, and he was destined to work with either one or the other. He began to study engineering at Louisiana State University, but soon discovered that it was not for him.
He discovered Raymond Chandler at the age of fifteen and he...

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It is 94 years today since Catherine Aird was born.
Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...

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It is 119 years today since Lillian Hellman was born.
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was a playwright, biographer and activist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a German-Jewish family. Her mother’s family was wealthy, while her father came from a less affluent background. Lillian was an only child, and when she was five years old, the family moved to New York where her father worked as a travelling salesman. As Lillian was growing up, her family s...

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Anniversaries - June 20, 2024

It is 90 years today since Uwe Johnson was born.

The German author Uwe Johnson was born in Cammin, Pomerania (present day Kamien Pomorski in Poland). He grew up at Anklam, Vorpommern. His mother fled with her children in 1945, during the final months of the war, to the village of Recknitz in Mecklenburg. The father had been deported to the Soviet Union and was declared dead in 1948. Johnson read languages and literature at the universities of...

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It is 73 years today since Paul Muldoon was born.

The poet Paul Muldoon grew up on a farm near the village of Moy, Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was the oldest of three children; his father was an agricultural labourer and his mother the village schoolteacher. Being a Catholic family in a largely Protestant county, they had little contact with other people. There were few books in the house except for a few Catholic pamphlets and a junior...

Further reading

It is 71 years today since Robert Crais was born.

Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a family of police officers and oil workers, and he was destined to work with either one or the other. He began to study engineering at Louisiana State University, but soon discovered that it was not for him.
He discovered Raymond Chandler at the age of fifteen and he...

Further reading

It is 94 years today since Catherine Aird was born.

Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...

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It is 119 years today since Lillian Hellman was born.

Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman was a playwright, biographer and activist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a German-Jewish family. Her mother’s family was wealthy, while her father came from a less affluent background. Lillian was an only child, and when she was five years old, the family moved to New York where her father worked as a travelling salesman. As Lillian was growing up, her family s...

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