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- Birth nameLeslie Poles Hartley
- L.P. Hartley was born on December 30, 1895 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Journey to Murder (1971), The Go-Between (1971) and Journey to the Unknown (1968). He died on December 13, 1972 in London, England, UK.
- English novelist and story writer in the tradition of Henry James. He was educated at Oxford University, where he studied modern history and began his writing career as a literary journalist. "The Go-Between" (1953) is regarded as his finest book.
- He claimed that he had once put a curse on Sir Alexander Korda. Korda, he also claimed, had died the next day.
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