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# Dorothy Sayers

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Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 1893? - Witham, 1957), British author, translator?, and student of classical and modern languages.

Dorothy Sayers is perhaps best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, a series of novels and short stories featuring an English aristocrat and amateur sleuth.

Sayers herself considered her translation of Dante's [Divina Commedia]? to be her best work. She also wrote religious plays?, of which The Man Born to be King is the best known.

Further reading: Dr. [Barbara Reynolds]?'s Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul.

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