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Richard Le Gallienne
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Born in Liverpool, Merseyside
Born on 20th of January 1866
Died on 15th of September 1947

After a very brief career as a clerk in his native Liverpool Le Gallienne devoted himself to writing, publishing his first book when just 21. He worked for a time as a journalist in London, subsequently spending lengthy periods of his life in New York, Paris, and eventually Menton and Monaco. A poet as well as a prolific writer of biographical and critical works, and of essays and memoirs, Le Gallienne also translated works by several other writers.

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