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Patterson, James
The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an insurance clerk and his mother a teacher. After state schooling, he studied at Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York, and took his B.A in 1969. He started at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and got his M.A in English in 1970. He then dropped his studies, moved back...

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Indisk litteratur
By: Tomas Löfström
”Den indiska litteraturen sträcker sig långt tillbaka i tiden. De äldsta Vedaskrifterna, däribland Rigveda med sin kända skapelseberättelse, uppkom troligen redan kring år 1500 f Kr. Men till en början traderades dessa mestadels religiösa urkunder bara muntligt, och det dröjde många hundra år innan de började skrivas ner på sanskrit. --- ”