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A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.

William Sansom

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William Sansom

William Sansom

Born: January 18, 1912
Died: April 20, 1976 (aged 64)
Bio: William Norman Trevor Sansom was a British novelist, travel and short story writer known for his highly descriptive prose style.
Known for:
  1. The Stories of William Sansom (1963)
  2. The face of innocence (1951)
  3. Various Temptations
  4. The Body (1949)
  5. The Blitz: Westminster at War (1947)

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