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Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.

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Angela Carter
Age: 51 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 7
Died: 1992
Died: February 16
Author
Journalist
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Eastbourne
Sussex
Angela Olive Stalker Carter
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