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Born	May 7, 1946 (age 80) • Harrow • England
Awards And Honors	PEN Pinter Prize (2023)

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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