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Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.

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Anita Brookner
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 16
Died: 2016
Died: March 10
Art Historian
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Weiss
Ruined
Forty
Knew
Literature
Life

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