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Klönne, Gisa
The German author Gisa Klönne was born in Stuttgart and grew up in Darmstadt. She wanted to become an author from an early age. She read languages, political science and film studies at the universities of Darmsstadt, Guildford (the UK) and Cologne, graduating with a Master of Arts degree. She became the editor of the feminist women’s magazine Emma in 1993 and wrote for numerous other magazines an...
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Parker, Robert B.
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker graduated from Maine’s Colby College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954 and was awarded a Master of Arts degree at Boston University in 1957. He served in the US Army infantry in Korea 1954–56.
After graduating in 1957 he worked at an insurance company and in advertising. His...