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Date of Birth
13 June 1893, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Date of Death
17 December 1957, Witham, Essex, England, UK (heart attack)

Birth Name
Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Spouse
Oswald Arthur (Mac); Fleming (13 April 1926 - 9 June 1950) (his death)

Trivia

One of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Oxford

Dorothy L. Sayers came up with the famous slogan for Guinness Beer, to wit: "Guinness Is Good For You".

Her play, "Busman's Honeymoon" at the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award (Non-Equity Division) for Production of a Play.


Personal Quotes

I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking.

[on sexual politics] A desire to have all of the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.


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