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Also Known As Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen
Born June 7, 1899 • Dublin • Ireland
Died February 22, 1973 (aged 73) • London • England
Notable Works “Fourteen Sonnets” • “Pictures and Conversations” • “The Death of the Heart” • “The Demon Lover” • “The Heat of the Day” • “The Hotel” • “The House in Paris” • “The Last September”

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