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Portrait image of Ira Levin Photo by Paul Fievez/Daily Mail/REX/TT (1978)

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Levin, Ira

The American novelist, playwright and scriptwriter Ira Levin was born in Bronx in New York; he was the only child in the family. His father, Charles Levin, was a successful businessman in the toy trade. Ira Levin started his academic education at Drake University in Des Moines, but after a couple of years moved to New York University, where he gained a B.A. in Philosophy and English in 1950.
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Upplysningen

By: Margareta Melén

”Upplysningen är en europeisk kulturrörelse som kulminerade under andra hälften av 1700-talet och som ofta förknippas med en grupp franska intellektuella, de s.k. upplysningsfilosoferna, vars demokratiska och individualistiska ideal skulle inspirera revolutionens män och kvinnor. --- ”

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