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Chandler, Raymond
American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when he was six years old, and in 1897 he moved with his mother to England, where he become a British citizen in 1907. Chandler received a classical education at Dulwich College in London in 1900-05. In 1905-07, he studied in both France and Germany and next worked as a reporter...
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Amerikansk litteratur
By: Claes-Göran Holmberg
”Den amerikanska litteraturen är på en gång mycket gammal och mycket ung. När de första europeiska kolonisatörerna kom fanns det redan en uråldrig litteratur. Men indianernas poesi och prosa var muntlig och det fanns inget större intresse hos de nya invånarna att dokumentera den. --- ”