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More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.

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John le Carre
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 19
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Actor
Film Producer
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Screenwriter
Spy
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Sweetwater
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David John Moore Cornwell
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