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Portrait of James McClure Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images (1991)

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McClure, James

The journalist and author James "Jim" McClure’s Scottish parents left for South Africa in 1930, and he was subsequently born in Johannesburg. The family soon moved to Pretoria and then to Pietermaritzburg in Natal. McClure was educated at Scottsville School in 1947–51, Cowan House in 1952–54 and Maritzburg College in 1955–58, all in Pietermaritzburg. He worked as a photographer between 1958 and 19...

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Portrait image of Dan Turèll Photo: Peder Bundgaard

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Turèll, Dan

Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was born in Copenhagen as Dan Turèll-Jensen, the oldest of five siblings. When he was nine years old the family moved to the suburb of Vangede where he grew up. In connection with this, the family 1956 shortened the surname to Turèll. He learned to read before he started school, b...

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