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Smith, Ernest
Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author, numismatist and creator of two of the most original characters in British fiction: the Chinese master storyteller Kai Lung and the blind detective Max Carrados. The stories are still read and appreciated, mostly in the UK. Smith was a recluse who refused to give interviews even though he became something of a celebrity in Britain....
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Khadra, Yasmina
Pseudonym used by the French-Algerian author Mohamed (sometimes spelled Mohammed) Moulessehoul, born at Kenadsa in the northern Algeria part of the Sahara. His mother was from a nomad family, his father an army officer. Moulessehoul was sent by his father to a cadet school, and in 1975 he started officer’s training college after which he spent 36 years in the Algerian army reaching the rank of m...
