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Memories of childhood were the dreams that stayed with you after you woke.

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Julian Barnes
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
Writer
Leicester
England
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Edward Pygge
Julian Patrick Barnes
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